Pregnancy is no more a Concern for independent Working Women

Pregnancy is more than auspicious feeling for a woman in her life. She sees a part of her growing and is created from within her body. Initially, the feeling is bit painful physically with joint aches, weight gains and food /work restrictions. The whole 9 months is like a curse to the physical being. Working women has to take official leave and along take care of themselves and the baby within.  The major issue to whole pregnancy episode is weight gain. Body weight increases due to the factors like baby between 3kg to 3.62kg, breasts 0.45kg to 1.4kg, womb 0.68kg to 0.9kg, placenta 0.45kg to 0.68kg, Amniotic fluid  0.9kg, other fluids 0.9kg to 1.8kg, extra fat 2.7kg to 3.6kg, extra blood volume 1.4kg to 1.8kg. Overall, a women ends up adding extra 12 to 14kg during  pregnancy.

The pains in the hips, knees and backbone also  gives impression about old age weaknesses and which is followed by total mental stress to carry on whole day. So, all efforts and consultations are limited to recover from these backdrops after c-section. This natural weight gain during pregnancy should not be taken seriously. But, it should be a concern after pregnancy.

Weight certainly decreases or sheds after pregnancy. Sometimes it may takes a year long time. Women should take all measures to reduce weight after postpartum recovery. If by any means a woman feels that her weight is reducing even after efforts made, then they should be concerned about it and contact the doctor for consultation. Normally, women should try to shed body fat around 0.5 kg per week by exercising, diet control or by using maternity support belt. Even though, after taking so much drastic measures also if body weight is not loosing then there may be other health problems like postpartum pregnancy belly inflammation of the thyroid gland or pregnancy complexities which is not allowing the body to loose weight. Diet plan for individual women depending on their personal taste , preferences and body nutritional requirements should be crafted for better and faster result.

Independent and working women are highly concerned and aware about their diet, available equipments for weight loss program and recover back ache and other health hazards. A sample diet plan is here as mentioned

Breakfast followed by oatmeal, cinnamon, sugar, grapefruit and low fat milk.

Lunch followed by loaded baked potato, apple and low fat milk.

Dinner followed by easy bean burritos, green beans, canned peaches, low fat milk.

Snack followed by strawberry banana smoothie, Vanilla Wafers

Physical activity and exercise should be followed by sport, running, yoga , dancing or walking to the shops as long as one feels comfortable. Avoid exercise in hot weather and ensure intake of plenty of water. Back ache can be reduced and supported by using compression garment like corsets specially designed to keep the abdomen and hips tight. Continuously wearing these garments for a longer period will ensure weight loss after c-section recovery.

A belt is indeed needed during pregnancy days for abdominal support

A belt is indeed needed during pregnancy days for abdominal support to mom’s belly. During pregnancy phase, women abdomen starts expanding across the uterus exerting pressure on the backbone and pelvic girdle. The pain at this moment will be enormous and , so, will be difficult to  manage day to day work. Then after pregnancy the skin under abdomen starts shrinking for 6 months secreting hormones, estrogen, progesterone and relaxin loosening the abdominal muscles. It is advisable to wear a maternity support belt after child birth to adhere to the natural process of recovery. For postpartum support , mothers should use medically approved quality support belt. Theses belts come in different sizes depending on hip size. Mothers can wear it for 12 to 24 hours in a day for a period of 120 days as long as they feel comfortable till they are back to original shape. Medical compression  is available in different designs depending on what suits to natural recovery and C-section recovery.

In diastasis recti condition , there is abdominal separation caused due to the pressure against the abdominal wall during pregnancy. Hormones also  weaken connective tissue allowing abdominal separation happen with ease. This after c-section nuance is taken care by the corsets specially designed by very selective companies.

After pregnancy days , mothers look for corsets and girdles to regai their pre pregnant shape and also recover from pain caused due to abdominal expansion. Mothers look for wearing a corset that normally can be used as undergarment and should not hamper during their normal working hours. Looking at the requirement , corset companies have designed corsets in the form up pull up  and corset with a zipper. Pull up corset is meant for child birth with natural recovery and zipper one meant for child birth with c-section delivery. Post pregnancy belly no more takes time to heal its back pain, spinal realignment, ligament stabilization, organ repositioning with the help provided by these postpartum support products.

There are also other designed corsets available for women before child delivery period.Normally these corsets were meant for support from bulging abdomen. These kind of compression garment should not be mistaken with corsets designed for after pregnancy. So,women should able to differentiate between the designs which could facilitate their different requirements at different time.

Mothers are recommended to consult with doctors before taking any decision regarding back pain , pre pregnancy shape recovery or manage body shape after pregnancy. There are many companies who promote and sell corsets online without understanding its actual use for the pregnant women. Also, the material or fabric used for the product may not be medically suitable for comfortable use. So, only medially approved and proven corset should be used during pregnancy. You cannot risk your life for style only.