https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:33:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2211573 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:28:06 +0000 sarac 2211573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My ribs have gone up 4 inches both times I got pregnant. I couldn't really say how long it took to go back after the first one, but not a terribly long time. We'll see after this time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2211531 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:07:22 +0000 erinpye 2211531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My ribs didn't expand, and bra band size didn't change, just cup size changed. </p> <p>Hips, I'm not sure. I can't tell if mine went completely back or not. My old clothes all fit, and started to around a year postpartum, so maybe around a year+? My OB said you aren't fully healed from childbirth internally, for 18 months, so it's reasonable to think things like hips might take quite a while to heal and go back, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210732 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 04:55:28 +0000 Mama Bird 2210732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My ribs never went back. I grew out of a couple of favorite shirts for good :bummed: I think my hips never changed in the first place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210719 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 03:17:09 +0000 Pumuckl 2210719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ribs were back to pre pregnancy size by a week or two PP with both kids. My hips took a little longer and it seems to be taken longer with LO2 than it did with LO1. In months probably 4m vs. 6m. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210715 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 02:05:00 +0000 lamariniere 2210715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have much of a problem with ribs. Hips about 2 months with LO1 and maybe 4-5 with LO2? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210708 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 01:05:22 +0000 Bubbles 2210708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ribs... maybe 6 months? I had to work on my stomach muscles to get my upper body to feel anywhere close to how it used to though. Hips I'm still waiting on at 18 months pp! I have kind of resigned myself to the fact that there are some of my clothes I will never wear again! I was super tiny before pregnancy though, so I don't know if that makes a difference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210679 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 22:24:25 +0000 OhCaptain 2210679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My ribs went back almost immediately. Hips? Never. Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210667 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:54:13 +0000 woodentulip 2210667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My ribs never went back. My super-non-educated-no-medical-knowledge based opinion is that because I am short, with a short body and somewhat longer legs, carrying a big-ish baby led to permanent changes to my hips and ribs. But that might be my crazy talking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210665 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:52:00 +0000 Rockies11 2210665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine didn't - hips didn't either. It was extremely depressing to have to replace my work wardrobe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210647 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:08:01 +0000 lemondrop 2210647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wait, they shrink? :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210469 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:04:15 +0000 petunia354 2210469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My ribcage never went back, I'm a band size up now. Hips got smaller within 6 months but never went back to pre pregnancy size! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210465 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:02:12 +0000 blackbird 2210465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was able to buy new bras in my pre preg size about 11 months PP. I had to drop the last 10 pounds for everything to shrink back and I didn't really get serious until 8 months PP. I'm up a band size right now with 30 pounds to go </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210462 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:57:32 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2210462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took a good 6 months the first time (but even then, I went from a 32 band size to a 38 while pregnant, and then only down to a 34 before I got pregnant again at 10 months PP).</p> <p>The second time, everything had shrunk back to normal by 3 months PP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-before-your-rib-cage-and-hips-shrink-back-to-pre-pregnancy-size#post-2210454 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:44:49 +0000 1BusyMama 2210454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything is so tight! Bras, pants, even soft stretchy fabrics don't fit. I know it goes back but how long did it take for you ladies to shrink back to your pre pregnancy size? </p>