to be sceptical about post-natal belly binding? can it really work or help any?

[bebbeau]

helps shrink and tighten your postnatal tummy, hmmm really?

am 29 + 3 and have heard about it from someone in my antenatal group.

this is dc3 so i am sure i will need all the help i can get :o but it sounds painful, I couldn't bear anything tight on my belly for at least a couple of weeks after my other dcs were born

however i am gullible i am tempted and was wondering if anyone here has tried it and does it help any?

(and surely if its just a case of wearing something tight round your middle then spanx or similar would do the same job for a lot cheaper? )

I cannot imagine it will work, not for more than a few hours anyway as a very quick and temporary fix.

Surely it just holds it in, rather than helping you lose the belly?

It seems very expensive for what is effectively spanx

I know that when you have diastasis recti it is recommended to use a big scarf wrapped around your tummy when exercising the transverse muscle because it pulls the separation back together and helps its heal faster. So there may be some merit to the idea of pulling the muscles together via binding?

It can help, I used one to support my back and it helped my stomach muscles go back, the problem with spans is they are knickers, who wants to wear the same pair day in and day out!

Well, you'd buy three for one on, one off, and one to wash.

Back in my day babies had umbilical binders at birth till umbilicus dropped off :) However I've never heard of mum's tums being bound.That's one heck of a big bandage or is it a girdle type thing ?

You can get them on amazon, much cheaper than 3 pairs of spanx

yeah I got bad separation after dc2

and as a result took ages for my tummy to go down --never fully did tbh

so if it would help with that might be worth a try....

I wore an orthopaedic corset to help crippling back pain after having dd to give me some support. It helped that a lot plus within two weeks you couldn't tell I'd had a baby.
However, i don't know whether that was down to the fact I didn't have much waters and my abs were pretty strong before I got pregnant. My bump was ALL baby.
I think it did help though, but it does nothing for stretch marks or dimpled skin.

My muscles parted down the middle after I had twins 20 years ago. No-one suggested anything about support to help pull it together, but I wish I had - about four years ago I had a hernia suddenly appear next to my belly button & I was told that I should've worn something tight for a while. I also still can't do press-ups because the muscles bulge outwards if I try.

So I would say give it a go. New Look do their own version of Spanx, which are fine.

My DM says that you had to spend time lying on your tummy post-natally when I was born (she couldn't due to EMCS). Apparently that was to help with mummy tummy. Not sure though...

I did this for my first (planned section). It was all the rage in Singapore and my ob/gyn recommended it post section.

Can't say I noticed any difference but I did recover quickly and although was overweight (85 kg at my peak before birth) I went down quickly. But then that could be down to having a section at 36 weeks and not going all the way.

Second time (planned section) I was in UK and didn't have it and it was more or less the same, though I was only 50kg then and more stretchy. Left hospital 24 hours later in size 8 jeans but with more flabby skin, a less neat scar and a nice 'shelfie'.

I wouldn't bother. I don't think it makes much difference in the long run and was hot and uncomfy.

hi there thanks all

I meant to ask my midwife about it as had an appointment today but totally forgot :(

I think I will give it a go, I am going to need all the help I can get I think......