Shoe size can change in pregnancy. Allyson Felix’s brand wants to help

For nearly 20 years, Erica Mintzer has held on to a pair of sleek brown leather shoes, hoping that one day her feet will magically shrink and slide back into the pricey pumps with ease.

She keeps them perched on a shoe rack in her closet as one of the few remaining relics belonging to her previous size 6.5 life. Today, Mintzer wears a size 8.5.

The change, she said, occurred over the course of two pregnancies in 2002 and 2007. “I think it actually grew each time,” said Mintzer, a 53-year-old attorney based in D.C.

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