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Childbirth

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Has anyone "bound" their tummy post-birth?

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dinny · 16/07/2004 17:52

I heard this helps the tummy go flat quickly. Anyone heard of this/done it?

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wellsie · 16/07/2004 19:25

Dinny, not sure if you should try it. my gran & NIL had their children 50+yrs ago and things were a lot different back then. I would check with a health professional first.
TBH breastfeeding got my tummy back to nearly being flat.

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dinny · 16/07/2004 19:16

Think I will be trying this. Worth an attempt (not a corset though - maybe a bit of stretchy material like a sarong)!!!!

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wellsie · 16/07/2004 18:46

I think I remember my Nan-in-law saying something about this. She is 85 and was born and brought up in Kenya and had 2 boys.
I also remember her saying that all mums had to spend 10days in hospital after the birth and in the afternoons they were instructed to lie on their tummies for a couple of hours - oh the luxury!
My Gran also put her corset on as soon as she had had both my mum and my aunty!

mummysurfer · 16/07/2004 18:21

don't they do this in african countries, or is it China?

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dinny · 16/07/2004 18:06

I mean wrap a bit of material round where the bump was - dunno how long for though.

I can be an experiment!

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dinny · 16/07/2004 18:05

just looked at the title and it looks really odd! I've heard it from two people (anecdotally though)

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emmatmg · 16/07/2004 18:04

Well, i don't know about bounding with it but I'm quite fond of the austrian blind effect my stretch marks create

SoupDragon · 16/07/2004 18:00

Never heard of it!

lostinparis · 15/07/2004 14:44

Slightly off the subject of binding but on the subject of getting your stomach flat again - in France the state pays for 5-10 sessions with a physio after chilbirth (mainly to avoid gynaecological problems later but if you had a fairly easy delivery the physio's use the sessions to get your stomach muscles back in shape - everyone I know who's done this looks fab.
Somehow stomach binding conjures up visions of foot binding for me!