Is It Safe To Wear A Maternity Belt

After a woman is pregnant, as the fetus develops, the abdomen bulges, and the abdominal pressure increases. The center of gravity of the person gradually moves forward. The lower back, pubic bone, and pelvic floor ligaments change accordingly.  It can lead to abnormal fetal position, back pain, pubic bone separation, pelvic floor muscle and ligament damage and many other problems. More importantly, the phenomenon of oversized fetuses and elderly pregnant women increases. The necessity and urgency of abdominal support are becoming more and more urgent.

1.What is Maternity Belt？

The role of the Maternity Belt is mainly to help pregnant women hold up the abdomen. It provides help for those who feel that the belly is relatively large and needs to hold the belly with their hands when walking, especially when the ligaments connecting the pelvis are loose. For pregnant women with sexual pain, the abdominal support belt can support the back. In addition, the fetal position is breech position. After the doctor performs an external inversion operation to turn to the head position, in order to prevent it from returning to the original breech position, abdominal support can be used to bring restrictions.

The abdominal support belt can help pregnant women maintain the correct posture while helping to lift the abdomen, so that the pregnant woman still moves briskly during pregnancy, and can also make the fetus feel stable. In addition, the abdomen support belt also has a significant effect in improving the back pain and back pain caused by the gravity acting on the abdomen and the lower back to maintain the posture during the third trimester. In addition, it can also protect the fetus in the abdomen and has the function of heat preservation, so that the fetus can grow up in a warm environment.

2.The benefits of Maternity Belt

• May help relieve some pain associated with pregnancy

• Helps improve posture

• May reduce the risk of falling

• Convenient for pregnant women to exercise

• Stabilize the pelvis and reduce pressure on the lower back

• Improve blood circulation
  

3.Common types of Pregnancy Belts

The belly support belts for pregnant women currently on the market are mainly divided into waist-type and shoulder-type.

（1）Shoulder-type

The shoulder-type abdominal support belt is based on the shoulder as the bearing fulcrum.

 It is based on the physiological characteristics of the weight-bearing pressure of the abdomen during pregnancy. It has a three-dimensional design. 

The arms and palms of a bionic human are like human hands. In the past, the unreasonable waist lift method of squeezing the waist and squeezing the belly, does not squeeze the waist, does not press the abdomen, and really lifts the abdomen to protect the mother and the baby. This is a protective abdominal lift during pregnancy that obstetricians are more optimistic about today.

（2）Folding waist

The waist support belt uses the waist as a bearing stand point to support the abdomen. Although this method is simple, but from the perspective of the effect on the waist and abdomen, the folded waist type is not as good as the shoulder type.

4 Precautions

（1）Not suitable for long-term use.

Women should avoid wearing tight clothes during pregnancy. Wearing an abdominal belt may reduce the blood flow to the abdomen and the growing baby, so don't take too long each time.

（2） Lack of support.

Most of the abdominal support belts on the market, no matter what the brand, most can only provide a small compression force, but almost no support.

（3）May feel bound

Since different pregnant women have different physical conditions, they need to be constantly adjusted according to their own conditions to achieve the most comfortable state. Improper adjustments will make pregnant women feel restrained.