Bandages and stockings during pregnancy

Learn how to wear a bandage

Some women during pregnancy, doctors recommend wearing prenatal bandage. He needed, to keep the stomach, reduce tension, remove the load from the front and the back muscles abdominal wall, speed up the return of the abdominal muscles in the former state and to continue an active lifestyle.

Given these features, wearing a brace is recommended:

– Women, suffering from diseases of the spine, Testing with backache;

– Women, threatened early abortion;

– Expectant Mothers, who are waiting for is not the first baby or two babies at once.

Since the band must support the uterus and the fetus, you need to put it in the prone position, to the stomach remained in slightly raised position. Do not wear a bandage during the day, possible need to remove it every hour 10-15 minutes or, if you can not put it lying down on the job, wear a bandage, eg, for the first half of the day or just staying at home to shop, or a visit to the antenatal clinic, and coming home – take off.

Tights against varicose veins during pregnancy

Pregnancy is a risk factor for the development of varicose veins. Therefore, pregnant, who already have symptoms of varicose veins (spider veins, "Snake" veins), recommend special medical protivovarikoznye underwear.

Action special underwear is based on the, that it exerts pressure on the venous wall, helping to push blood from the lower parts of the veins to the overlying, thereby reducing swelling and improving circulation.

Protivovarikoznye very tight underwear, difficult stretches, so, to put it on, you need to have certain knowledge and skills. So, stockings or tights must be worn immediately after sleep, without lowering the legs out of bed. This is because, what, as soon as you lower your legs, veins, including their extended portions, filled with blood, linen and efficiency will be greatly reduced.

If you're still up for, to shower, or simply forgotten about tights, necessary to 10-15 minutes again take a horizontal position with raised legs. In this position, the load on the veins of the lower extremities greatly reduced, and the existing varices are empty.