Recovery Shorts

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Hello

A dear friend of mine is pregnant at the moment. Her midwife has recommended to her to wear recovery shorts after delivery. These shorts reach up to the ribcage and very tight around the abdomen. She was told that these will help her abdominal muscles to re-strengthen and will provide great support for her. She is very excited and really wants to buy some.
I have never heard of these short before. Apparently in some countries abdominal binding is common to help women regain their pre-pregnancy shape.
I am concerned because m understanding is that the tightness of these shorts around the stomach would actually stop the pelvic organs from regaining their proper positioning.
If anybody else has an opinion please share it with me. Thanking you in advance.
Blessing to all.
KitKat

I agree with you KitKat.

Your friend might consider what other options are available.

Wouldn't exercises be the best route to go? Not sure, but I would think that even some if not all of Christine's exercises could be beneficial.

Hugs,
Oceanblue

Hi KitKat

I purchased some of these before I found out about WW, wore them for a little while and found that although they had a lot of support around the perineal area, which was what I wanted, they squashed my stomach too much which did not feel good for POP.

Someone on here recommended I get the pregnancy ones which sit below the belly, to help with recovery without affecting the pelvic organs. I didn't end up getting these as had already purchased the V2 supporter, which I only used twice - not helpful for me with a rectocele but I can imagine they would help some people, maybe with uterine pop.

I felt I needed some sort of supported feeling, and if I hadn't already purchased the other items would have given the preggie shorts a go - but of course they won't do anything for the tummy. I felt the ones that I had which went over the tummy (I had the sports one which stopped at the waist, not all the way up) - actually pushed my tummy into more of a ball - which really didn't help other than making it look a different shape.

I looked at the pregnancy short and also thought that they made sense, but I feel that the recovery ones have too much of a corset effect. It is a shame that the recovery of the positioning of the pelvic organs are not being considered with these products.
Thanks for sharing.