NeoTech Care Pregnancy Support Maternity Belt, Waist/Back/Abdomen Band, Belly Brace (Size L, Ivory Color)

I ordered this on July 21st.. was sure to measure my belly and order according to their recommended size chart. I was going to order a size up since I am only 5 months pregnant, but after I measured I was still 2” LESS than even making the chart for their minimum band circumference range (size small). I also measured at an angle from the middle of my back to under my belly to be sure I gave a little extra “wiggle room” on the growth chart. So I thought, ‘ok - I have a 9” range within this size before I could outgrow this. Perfect! I won’t need more than that.’ I am very petite, (5’2” and 115lbs at 23 weeks pregnant) and I carry small - so small that usually no one even knows I am pregnant til I hit 7 1/2 months or so. My babies are 6lbs by 40 weeks. I don’t even have stretch marks. No Mommy badges of honor here. :’( This is my fourth pregnancy, and I know my body well. So far it’s been just the same growth rate as the other three pregnancies.So - all that background to say.. the splint came quickly and it fit perfectly. That was around July 30th. Exactly where I needed support without being too tight or uncomfortable. Unfortunately, by the first week of Sempember, it was getting way too small. I needed a lot of side to belly support (where you see the band hitting in the model photo or even a tad more towards the belly would be brilliant), and while I can still strap it on, the the elastic strap (for the belly piece) is at the very edge of the pad and too tight on my kidney area. The elastic is able to be stretched a little further but gets rigid and just way too tight if I try.. to the point where it is digging in to my back. The larger sides that wrap from the back barely catch the edge of the tummy piece now. They stay attached even on that little edge (the Velcro is soft but so strong) but I feel more squeezed than supported. By evening my sides feel bruised and I can’t wait to pop it off. (It literally ‘pops’ off and my belly jumps forward). I have not grown much in the belly outwards, and have only gained 4lbs, since the splint was ordered. Of course, by the time I realized the band was not going to last the remaining months of pregnancy.. my August 26th return order deadline was passed (and I had been wearing it every other day for a month.. can’t exactly return something already worn either!) . I am really bummed that I didn’t just order a size up like I had planned.. I am still within the sizing guide for the Small but I don’t know how. This does not fit with the amount of support it first did unless I pull it so tight that my kidneys hurt. My advice, if you are small anyway (not sure how the bigger sizes fit) and especially if you have a few months left in your pregnancy - give yourself the extra support and bigger growth range with ordering a size up. Seems good logic but the sizing chart talked me out of it. So stick with your “gut reaction” ;). The size Small fits great when you are at the very bottom end of their growth chart. Maybe some women’s aches or support areas are still covered all the way through that sizing range, but for me (diastasis recti and weak spinal column) the support was needed like a “hug” all the way around my back and sides onto my tummy and this only offers lumbar support after you hit the middle measurement on their range. I don’t think I measured wrong, especially since the angled measurement was bigger than my straight out (spine to belly button) measurement. But I suppose user error is always possible especially with pregnancy brain. I don’t know if I will reorder a bigger size.. depends on how desperate I get. At least I still have the AZMED and will need to grow another 15” to outgrow that one. ;) That one is just not as supportive on the big needs as this NEOtech was. The price is great for the quality and amount of relief it provides but money has been tight and I hate spending it on the same thing I just bought and thought I was good to go on. $25 for 4 months of use is great! $25 for a month and a half might as well be a steep rental charge. :P :(Aside from size, here are my other thoughts...I also ordered the AZMED band because I have a 3 finger diastasis recti and need tummy support. I wasn’t sure which splint would help more. They arrived on the same day and I wore AZMED first because it was so easy to put on. I didn’t really feel like “ahhhhhh” when I put it on.. no Instant relief. But I wore it for the next three days and my belly pain was gone. The trick was putting it on first thing in the morning and wearing it like it was my own skin (not taking it on and off). Then my back was aching and I knew I needed to either return this NEO Tech splint or try it out. So I put it on around 5pm. Instantly I felt the “ahhhhhhh” as the back supported my lower lumbar area and the front pulled up my belly just enough to get the pressure off my hips and bladder. It felt amazing. I would wear the AZMED in the mornings and switch to this in the afternoons.. some days just wearing one or the other all day and some days wearing BOTH at the same time. I have split wood in the double splint combo (AZMED plus NEOTech) and I work outside on our homestead... I would wear the AZMED with the NEOtech strapped over it. I have brilliant posture with those both on and my belly and back feel so good at the end of the day. Why it took my until my fourth baby to get a splint at all is beyond me.I had to wear a tank top under both splints.. the fabric is soft (well made, no itchy or sharp seams) but still not a natural fiber so my skin would itch once the splint warmed up. Sweat makes them chafe like crazy. Also, I don’t have issues with needing to take it off when I go to the bathroom like some reviews said.. But I only wear skirts or elastic waisted linen pants so maybe that is why. Both I wear over the splint.It is a little bulky under clothes but not bad at all. The only place you can see it is where the sides Velcro to the tummy piece. When you are pregnant, everything is bulky under your clothes, so it doesn’t seem any worse to me than an extra tank top or fabric nursing bra.

I used this belt to run a ten-miler race. Prior to using the belt, it was hard to run more than 3 miles without stopping because of the weight of my belly and the pinching in my back. This belt relieved a lot of the pain and the pressure so I was able to run the entire ten miles without stopping!I did have to shift it a few times through the run because it started to ride up. However, it was very easy to move back down so it wasn't that big of a deal.

I bought this for my daughter who is 5 ft tall with a very small frame. When pregnant she worked in a kitchen on her feet for 6-7 hours a day with no breaks. She grew and was all baby but was struggling with the back pain. When she wore this she said it offered amazing support and pain relief. I would absolutely recommend this item.

I had been having trouble standing for worship while 7 months pregnant. Walking and sitting have been much easier than standing, even if I want to stand to sing! I was earning heart rate based “zone minutes” on my Fitbit just from the effort. But now I get no or few zone minutes despite getting bigger as the weeks go by. I can really feel a difference!I only wear it when I know I’m going to be walking or standing for a while, as my chiropractor suggested. Even if she didn’t suggest it, I would do so as it feels tight when sitting down for a while or trying to eat a big meal.

This provides good support and relieves you of that heavy feeling in your stomach. I noticed a big difference when walking around for long periods using the support. The Velcro is a bit noisy but not enough to discourage me from using it. Overall good product.

I’m so happy I caught onto this. I find it is most helpful if you’re walking or standing. So household chores , exercise, etc. sitting down with it on like in the car , couch or at the table is actually sort of painful on the back. I’m 37 weeks pregnant and have been using it since 35 weeks.

Got this little beauty because I was suffering from extreme charlie horses in my lower abdomen after leaving the hospital... Boy did this help a lot! Would recommend buying for pain relief, support and comfort!

truly helped with my support. Specially that I worked with it it wasn’t uncomfortable at all

Background: I'm a STM, have had a relatively smooth pregnancy until around the 30 week mark started to experience SPD. I thought it would go away on it's own with rest and taking it easy. Nothing helped, it only got worse and basically got to a point where I couldn't even lift my foot to take a step without shooting pain in my pubic bone area. Every movement or shifting of the body was sharply painful. This went on for more than a week where I basically couldn't do anything, life sucked, I was desperate and my OB's office wouldn't return my calls. I did research, talked to people online and around me, decided to try the belt... just needed to decide on which one. This is the one I ended up using.I'm wary of reviews that are written without having tested the item; so I've been using the belt for a week now and here's my take -PROS:- it works!! the belt arrived within 24 hours. I put it on right away. There was NOT instant pain relief; it's not magic. BUT - bit by bit, hour by hour, the pain receded. I was able to walk without pain. I wore it all day, loosened it at dinner time but put it back on afterwards. From Day 2 onwards, I've been able to eat while wearing the belt.- 3 pieces. I've shown the belt to my OB and she says this is the best kind to get, based on feedback from her patients - specifically because this has the wide belt for back support, it's more effective than the single-belt variety.- While the manual recommends wearing the belt over at least one layer of clothing (even a thin one), I have found that wearing it against my skin under my dress/top doesn't irritate my skin at all, even if I have it on all day. Someone with more sensitive skin may have a different experience though. Just, it's more discreet than wearing it over your clothes, esp with non family members or little kids around that might want to play with it or ask awkward questions.NOTES:(no CONS, in all honesty. Just things to be aware of)- sometimes (not always) wearing the belt all day causes my back to become a bit stiff by evening. Not a big deal tbh, esp when comparing to the original pain I had been experiencing.- the first day of wearing it, I used this belt in conjunction with an ice pack between my legs (the pain was still that intense). Fortunately however by Day 2 and onwards, the belt alone has been sufficient. I usually can put off wearing it til after breakfast, which is a great improvement.- the main (under the belly) belt had started to seriously pill by Day 3. I don't mind it so much, but I feel like this probably won't be around to share with a friend or a use during any other pregnancy.- You CAN go to the washroom without removing or unlatching anything - I have found that the under-belly portion quite easily slides up/over your belly, when needed. The back is elastic, after all. Just adjust appropriately when you fix it.- just want to say as a reminder, remember to keep doing the pelvic exercises and kegels as regularly as you are able to without pain, it helps a lot.I hope my review helped anyone who has been experiencing PGP or SPD. Please don't hesitate to buy this item, it's not worth it to keep yourself in such pain and living in misery. Good luck with everything. <3

I am 29 weeks pregnant with my second baby, this baby like my first is measuring big. My last baby was 9lb 12oz and arrived early. I’ve suffered with spd in both pregnancies. It started a lot earlier with this pregnancy though (around 14 weeks) I been signed off work for the last 6 weeks due to it as I’m in so much pain. I’ve got physio in a few weeks but had to try find something to help in the meantime. This doesn’t stop the pain and my hip still hurts however it does provide good support to my heavy bump which in turn helps my back. When walking I felt I had to hold my bump up because of the weight of the baby and gravity it was so uncomfortable and painful. This certainly helps and I find it more comfortable to walk now. I’d recommend going for a size up, you can adjust to make smaller anyway but it’s better than it been too small. I’ve ordered the size up which is only a tiny bit big but I can adjust it and then as I grow it will still fit

Ich trage diesen Gurt seit der 22. SSW regelmäßig, vorallem bei "längeren" Strecken. Mittlerweile (35. SSW) tut mir der Bauch ohne Gurt schon nach 5-10 Minuten laufen ziemlich weh bzw zieht es an den Mutterbändern und im Oberbauch. Mit dem Gurt kann ich tatsächlich noch (erst vor ein paar Tagen) einen Spaziergang von einer Stunde, mit kurzer Sitzpause in der Mitte, unternehmen und auch jederzeit mit unserem Hund eine Runde drehen. Natürlich muss man auch dazu sagen, dass ich eine recht unkomplizierte Schwangerschaft bis jetzt hatte. Dennoch macht sich auch das Gewicht bei mir mittlerweile bemerkbar.Abgesehen von den Spaziergängen lege ich den Gurt auch mittlerweile manchmal Zuhause an, z.B. wenn ich ein wenig Hausarbeit machen möchte, wie Staubsaugen, oder wenn ich einfach mal Rückenschmerzen vom Sitzen habe. In jeder Lage hat der Gurt mir geholfen und ich kann ihn nur empfehlen. Ich habe mir sogar schon einen postnatalen Bauchgurt geholt, weil ich echt überzeugt bin.Empfehlenswert ist das Tragen eines Tops unter dem Gürtel sonst wirds schwitzig und zwickt vielleicht etwas. Das Anlegen ist die ersten Male vielleicht etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig, aber man hat schnell den Dreh raus und profitiert sehr davon.Der Gurt passt, dank der Klattverschlüsse, in der Regel in einer Größe bzw. wird man keine größere Größe kaufen müssen. Meiner wird mir, voraussichtlich, bis zum Ende passen.

I bought this belt to help with quite severe SPD in pregnancy, I'd had 2 pregnancies back to back due to a miscarriage so the relaxin in my hips had made them extremely painful. I'd bought a cheap neoprene one beforehand which went round my hips under my bump but it wasn't doing enough for me.I wore this for 4 months when walking or exercising and it made a dramatic difference immediately. I thought it was magic at first because the difference was so huge, unbelievably so. It wasn't quite as great at the end but still made a big difference. I wore it less towards the end as it had become creased in the back (i have a big curve) which made it slip down a bit even with the strap and my bump was so huge nothing was really offering support.I would definitely have suffered more without it and managed to continue at the gym because of it- make sure you wear it as tight as you can (without being painful) to give maximum support. The bottom section is padded so it's quite comfy, but the back elastic is not very comfortable whilst sitting, it doesn't restrict movement whilst exercising much at all.

I got this some time during my second trimester. I have been suffering with bad back pain and hoped it would help. I work from home frequently, so I'd just wear it over a t-shirt. However, I found it was a bit uncomfortable when I was just sitting and working. This led me to toss it in the wardrobe for the next few weeks. I picked it up again around my 32nd week of pregnancy. I decided to try wearing it while out for a walk and it was such a relief! It kind of lifts your belly, so it takes some of the pressure off your bladder. Also helps support your bump so there is less strain on your back. I wear it now every day, just when I'm out walking.