The Load Of Carrying Your Child

Well congratulations! You are pregnant and already carrying a couple of weeks. Maybe you’ve waited 12 weeks to inform those around you or maybe you told everyone the second you tested positive! Either way that belly is getting bigger and bigger, was that a kick from the baby? The weight of carrying soon becomes more clear as your back begins to ache and you are supporting your back with your hands.

But do you know there had been a special tiny tool to help you with that problem? It is known as a ‘belly supporter’. It’s not half as sexy as some spicy piece of zwangerschapslingerie (pregnancy undies), nevertheless it will help you!

So what is it precisely? It is a band made of a really stretchy material that you wear around your waist. It covers the area from your hips to your breasts and what it basically does is support the weight from the baby. It lightens your load in a pleasant way. So nice actually that doctors advice mothers to start to use them as fast as it is known they are expecting a baby. The reason behind this is straightforward, if you’re feeling discomfort you are already over burdening yourself. Muscles begin to protest and your bones start to ache. If you utilise a belly band from the get go this is much less likely to happen.

Your belly will grow during your 40 weeks of pregnancy but fortunately for you so will the band. It can go as far as your belly stretches. But a word of warning, don’t think you are untouchable with this band. Nothing replaces a serious amount of rest. If you don’t rest enough your body will start to protest at some point and when it does there’s no stopping it.

Due to your increased sensitiveness during your pregnancy it’s hard to recover from any infirmities. So do not be like all those other expectant ladies, be smart and get a belly band from the start!

Salmsed Turns is a dutch writer with a particular love of baby related subjects. This is thanks to the fact that he has just become father of a lovely little girl. Fed up with all of the kraamcadeaus he found an outlet for that in his writing. Other subjects he likes are (in Dutch) : Zwangerschapslingerie en Luiertassen.