A posture support garment configured to improve the posture of a pregnant wearer, said posture support garment comprising:
- a shirt configured to envelop at least a portion of the wearer's torso and the wearer's shoulders, said shirt comprising an elastic material configured to apply a first level of compression;
- a shoulder band, said shoulder band fixedly secured to said shirt, and configured to encircle a left shoulder region and a right shoulder region of said shirt and to crisscross at an upper central region of a back of said shirt, said shoulder band comprising a first compression material configured to apply a second level of compression;
- wherein said shoulder band is configured to cross over said right shoulder region of said shirt, travel down a right chest region of a front of said shirt and curve backwardly around a right side of said shirt and traverse across said back of said shirt diagonally and upwardly towards said left shoulder region, cross over said left shoulder region of said shirt, travel down a left chest region of said front of said shirt and curve backwardly around a left side of said shirt and traverse across said back of said shirt diagonally and upwardly towards said right shoulder region;
- wherein said shoulder band at said traverse across said back of said shirt diagonally and upwardly towards said left shoulder region crisscrosses and interconnects with said shoulder band at said traverse across said back of said shirt diagonally and upwardly towards said right shoulder region, to form a figure eight shape;
- a waist band, said waist band positioned distally from said shoulder band and configured to encircle the wearer's waist, said waist band comprising a first portion and a second portion formed into a circumferential band;
- said second portion of said waist band configured to extend around a front of the wearer's waist and comprises a second compression material configured to apply a third level of compression;
- said first portion of said waist band being configured to extend around a back of the wearer's waist and comprises said first compression material configured to apply said second level of compression;
- wherein said third level of compression is less than said second level of compression;
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- one rear connector band secured to said back of said shirt, having a first end secured to a central region of said first portion of said waist band, and a second end secured to said crisscrossed interconnection of said shoulder band.