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How Important are Support Garments While Pregnant?

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
How Important are Support Garments While Pregnant?

How Important are Support Garments While Pregnant?

You may not think you need maternity back support during your pregnancy, but you might want to consider this. Pregnancy weight can put a lot of pressure on your back and pelvis, which not only leads to back pain, but also to misalignment of joints. Once those joints get out of whack, it’s tough to get them to realign.  Especially during the final months of pregnancy when the baby is nearly at full weight, the strain on your back and joints can become not only uncomfortable, but painful.  Medium support belts and strong support belts are highly recommended to help alleviate this strain.

Maternity garments can take some of the pressure off your pelvis, which will ease the stress on your back and hip joints. A good pregnancy support belt will also keep you from slouching, which is a leading cause of back pain during pregnancy.

In addition to keeping your body aligned and minimizing back pain, maternity support garments can help take some of the pressure off your bladder, decrease leg swelling and varicosities, provide added support during exercise, and prevent premature contractions.  To help prevent leg swelling and varicose veins, you might want to consider maternity support hose as well.

Pregnancy garments come in a variety of styles, including maternity belts, postpartum support belts, pregnancy girdles, maternity support stockings, maternity pantyhose, and maternity underwear.

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What are Some of the Ways to Get Back into Shape Postpartum?

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

breastfeedingThe dreaded pregnancy weight. Now that you’ve had your baby, you’re probably wondering how to rid yourself of those excess pounds. Most likely, you’ve already tried crunches, sit-ups, and all those other abdominal exercises that are part of the post-pregnancy workout.

Postpartum support, such as a post-natal girdle, is key to firming your body and tightening that postpartum belly. A postpartum compression girdle or a postpartum support belt will also help reduce or eliminate stretch marks.

If diet, exercise, and postpartum compression aren’t enough to get your body back into shape, you may want to consider a mommy makeover. A mommy makeover, also known as body sculpting, is plastic surgery to help restore your body to its pre-pregnancy shape. Your postpartum cosmetic surgery options include tummy tuck, liposuction, breast augmentation, breast lift, or a combination of procedures.

No matter which surgery you choose, you’ll want to wear a compression garment during your plastic surgery recovery. There are a variety of tummy tuck support garments, liposuction support garments, and breast surgery support garments to choose from.