Banding Bellies After Baby

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photoloco
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Banding Bellies After Baby
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 Wed, 10-19-2011 - 8:10pm

I saw a bit on this on Good Morning America this morning - banding/wrapping bellies for support and supposed aiding in post baby weight loss in the baby. Has anyone done this in the past? What has been your experience? I haven't done much research but if anyone has some good information - share. :)

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chriscanuck
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Re: Banding Bellies After Baby
 Wed, 10-19-2011 - 9:13pm
With my last baby I wore my Spanx a lot for few weeks after the birth. I did find that it reduced my belly very quickly compared to the other pregnancies. That being said it wasn't some magical cure and I didn't lose a bunch of post-partum weight or anything. I think it just helps to squish the deflated belly down quicker. I will probably do it again because it was nice not looking 6 months pregnant at 2 weeks post-partum like I usually do.

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mookuspook
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Re: Banding Bellies After Baby
 Thu, 10-20-2011 - 12:26am

I've been thinking about this - I heard about it after my post-partum period with DD was over and it got me interested. I haven't done a ton of research yet, but on the surface, it seems like something I'd like to do. I hate that squishy post-pregnancy belly and would love to help it firm up quicker. I have heard about hip reducers post-partum and that makes sense to me. Whether or not I wrap the belly, I think I'd still work on a little hip compression (I'd probably just try to wrap it instead of paying for a commercial product, though).

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mommakesmilk
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Re: Banding Bellies After Baby
 Thu, 10-20-2011 - 9:59am

hmm. I dont know too much about it but my friend had a baby a few months ago and has been using some kind of tummy wrap and is loving it. I should find out from her what she is using

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julestar3147
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Re: Banding Bellies After Baby
 Thu, 10-20-2011 - 10:59am
I didn't do this after DS1 and I did after DS2. I do think it helped bring the belly back in much more quickly. That being said, I bought the cheap belly support wrap from Babies R Us or something and I wouldn't want to use it again. I think it would work great for people with no hips, but I have a major pear shaped/ hour glass figure. It wanted to roll up my hips a lot and I had to adjust it a ton. I think some sort of wrap thing would have worked better. I just don't think I'd spend the money on some of those wraps though. Maybe I will go cheap again. It worked as well as anything else would have, but it was a wee bit more annoying.

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photoloco
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Re: Banding Bellies After Baby
 Fri, 10-21-2011 - 8:06am
I've heard of some doing hips too - and I wish I would have known about that with my first. Not sure if I did it now with my 5th if it would make any difference or not but I might be willing to try. I definitely want to do more research. That postpartum time is so ishy feeling despite having a wonderful bundle! I'm one of the fortunate ones to not carry pregnancy weight around for very long but I have had 2 midline abdominal surgeries [Crohn's Disease] and my muscles will forever be weak so I hope that maybe the banding will help that some for sure.
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