Belly Bands - Love 'em?

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Do you wear a maternity bally band? Do you love it? Hate it? Anything you would do to make it better?

I'm wondering why they didn't have these 5 years ago. I love that they keep my too big maternity pants from feeling like they are falling down all day.

We are looking at developing one to add to our line of maternity compression products. Any feedback would be great! Check back and we may have samples for trying out!

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Emily Dickey on July 18, 2009 at 7:55am

I'm 18 weeks pregnant and have been using a Bella Band. I never would have been able to wear my pants without it--I've been wearing pre-pregnancy jeans, unbuttoned and sometimes unzipped too! The band hides it and keeps the pants up. I don't have any experience yet with wearing a band with maternity pants... but i'm sure I will soon! I love it!

My only complaints or suggestions... the Bella Band is very long. That might be great for when the belly is large and you can unfold the band over the belly, but I'm not there yet and I end up having to fold the band in half, which causes it to be a little tighter/hotter and it also rides up when I walk so I have to keep pulling it back down. I stood up at work once and my band had moved up without me knowing and I greeted a customer with my unbuttoned pants showing! :)

This picture was taken very early in my pregnancy with just a little bump.. but the pants were still unbuttoned!
Good luck!!

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Permalink Reply by Kam Howard on September 10, 2009 at 11:25am: Thanks Emily for your feedback! We are in the process of developing a maternity line and are now sending out free test products. Check out http://www.therafirm.com/preggers/

Emily Dickey said:
I'm 18 weeks pregnant and have been using a Bella Band. I never would have been able to wear my pants without it--I've been wearing pre-pregnancy jeans, unbuttoned and sometimes unzipped too! The band hides it and keeps the pants up. I don't have any experience yet with wearing a band with maternity pants... but i'm sure I will soon! I love it!

My only complaints or suggestions... the Bella Band is very long. That might be great for when the belly is large and you can unfold the band over the belly, but I'm not there yet and I end up having to fold the band in half, which causes it to be a little tighter/hotter and it also rides up when I walk so I have to keep pulling it back down. I stood up at work once and my band had moved up without me knowing and I greeted a customer with my unbuttoned pants showing! :)

This picture was taken very early in my pregnancy with just a little bump.. but the pants were still unbuttoned!
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Permalink Reply by katie on September 10, 2009 at 11:39am: I agree with Emily. The bands are very wide and when you just need them early in your pregnancy to help you wear pre-pregnancy clothes, they do ride up. And, the top reaches up to my bra, which I don't find very comfortable. It also occasionally slouches down and then I'm left to try to discreetly yank it up at the top and down at the bottom!

Bottom line, though, I do really appreciate these for extending the life of my "regular" clothes.

Improvements and samples would be fantastic!

Katie

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Permalink Reply by Kam Howard on October 30, 2009 at 10:10am: We will have some test products within the next month. Anyone interested in trying one and providing feedback? Visit http://www.rupreggers.com/preggerscontact.html and in the comments mention maternity band test and we will get back to you.; ▶ Reply to This