What's the best post-natal instant tummy flattener?

[MonstrousMerryHenry]

Does it have to be Spanx? Belly Bandit? Anything else? Am willing to spend up to £100 if I know it will work and be comfortable.

Duck tape.

Cheeky monkey. I suppose you're going to say that's what postnatal ducks wear?

Will somebody please take me seriously?

I hear that some of those special mirrors like you get in old style fairgrounds "Hall of Mirrors" can be good.

(Word of Warning though -if you get the wrong one it can do more harm than good )

I used a special corset, which I got in hospital, but that was in Italy where all women are obsessed with looks.

In the UK I´d give tummy tuck pants a try, prob not too comfy though...

So...give birth in Italy, eh? Not a bad suggestion!

Thanks Marmaduke!

Norbert - am going to ignore you.

Only joshing!

I used the trinny and suzannah ones after dd1 and they worked up to a point. I found though that they rolled down just under my boobs, so I ended up with a multiple sausage effect.

I've seen Gok using some that attached to your bra with clips, that'd be better.

Mind you, I found that I felt fatter, even if I looked slimmer, as it was all squished.

Hope this helps redeem me!!

Wheres the emoticon when you need it

Stay at home on sofa, glug wine and eat copious quantities of chocolate and previously forbidden cheese...

(oh no that was just my post-natal plan - I forgot to include the flat tummy part, oops)

I can't hear you...damn! Norbs, have you hidden that emoticon, you wretch?

spanx that attach to your bra. magic. not desperately comfortable, but they are crotchless!

aaah, here it is MMH

You are too funny, Norbs!

Right. Spanx it is, then.

I have this and it is really good.

Ooh Kayzr, I was saving up for the AP post-baby knickers, so you think they are worth it? Think some sleb had them and was raving about them.

Yes I love mine. I read about Nancy Sorrell having them so decided to try them. They make you look really good.

Do they bring in the rib cage too or is that the other ones they don't make anymore?

Mine bring in the rib cage. I got mine about 2 years ago so they might have changed them.

I had a thing called Seraphina - a sort of wrap round velcro-fastening corset that didn't look hideous and wasn't surgical beige! (mine was black) - I wouldn't say it works miracles as I still have a mum-tum, but it was comfy and didn't roll down to a ridge at the top like some of those wonder-pants type waist reducers do.

Here: seraphina

I think they've changed since I bought mine - I'm sure they only used to sell one, I think mine was the Seraphina 2 as I remember the stripes

I've got the AP post baby knickers, they're lovely and quite sexy in a big knicker kind of way, but they do roll down from the top. Nice though. Buy them smaller than you think if you want waist wittling benefits.

Seraphina sounds good - not least because it's available in black. This black chick don't do 'nude beige'!

I agree with the Agent P recommendation, the waist cincher is really good and sexy too.