Pregnant women in late pregnancy doctors often recommend wearing a bandage. The bandage is a belt that helps the walls of the abdominal cavity and internal organs to stay in place, rather than outweigh the woman forward under the weight of the abdomen. The time from which doctors recommend wearing a bandage is usually 30-32 weeks gestation. You can wear it right up to the birth itself. And there are such bandages that are worn after the birth, they are called - postnatal bandages.
Before you start choosing a bandage for pregnant women, you need to understand a little bit of theory. First, you should clearly understand that you should only recommend a doctor to wear a bandage! Neither my mother, nor my girlfriend, nor my neighbor, but your gynecologist. Since the bandage has both advantages and disadvantages, and having weighed all the pros and cons, the decision should be made by a specialist. Now we will consider, what bandages for pregnant women exist, that among them then to choose the best.
Kinds of bandages for pregnant women:
- bandage bandage - it happens both prenatal and postnatal. He is put on the lower back, and it is fixed with the help of Velcro under the belly. The advantage of this band is that it does not press on the uterus from above, but only serves as support from below;
- a bandage combined with panties (for hygiene purposes it is better to wear it on ordinary panties) - is most often used as a postpartum bandage. The elastic insert on the abdomen facilitates the retraction of the abdomen. But there are also models that are used during pregnancy;
- bandage-belt - this bandage is used either after childbirth or after cavitary operations;
- Postnatal bandage after caesarean section - this bandage not only helps to draw muscles, but also supports the seam.
What band for pregnant women is better to choose?
For pregnant women, two types of bandages - tape and panties - are suitable. Unequivocally answer that you need to choose "this" bandage for pregnant women is not possible, because the doctor should make the decision, and only he knows which bandage is suitable in a particular case.
How to choose a bandage for pregnant women?
The bandage must meet the following requirements:
- it should fit you in size. Despite the fact that the bandage has Velcro, which allow you to adjust its length, it should still be your size. Each manufacturer offers its own dimensions. Someone designates them with the letters S, M, L. Someone writes our size in the format 42-44, 44-46, 50-52, etc. And there are those who write a circle under the belly, for example, 90-100, 100-110, etc .;
- the material from which the bandage is made must be breathable and contain cotton along with synthetic materials;
- buy a bandage in the market is not recommended. Contact the pharmacy, or even better in a specialized clothing store for pregnant women. Why is it better to buy a bandage in a store? You will understand everything after reading the next paragraph;
- when buying a bandage it is desirable to immediately try it on. You will be helped in this by a competent sales consultant. To put on a bandage in a shop you need to lie down! (You can not do this at the pharmacy, do you?) After the bandage is worn, go through the store in it. You should not feel it at all. Conversely, you should feel that you have become much easier to walk, and that the burden on the spine has decreased.
If the bandage meets all these requirements, you can safely buy it.
How to choose a bandage for pregnant twins?
It should be said that there is no special bandage for pregnant twins. Therefore, after consulting with a doctor, you can buy an ordinary bandage.
There are only a couple of nuances here. Firstly, a bandage with multiple pregnancies is needed almost always. And secondly, try not to lose with the size, because in the third trimester the stomach will grow much faster than in single-pregnancy.