Our Belly Binder
April 3, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
This video demonstrates our postpartum Hem It In Belt. It can be worn immediately after vaginal birth or 2-3 weeks after cesarean birth. Wearing the binder helps your tummy shrink and protects your incision.
Using belly binding supports your organs to go back to their original size and location. Bladder, intestinal and reproductive complications can arise from a c-section or other abdominal surgeries. The support of binding means less tearing, which means less scar tissue, inside and out. Less scar tissue means more comfort and fewer secondary complications and a better looking scar.
With belly binding you can avoid the tearing and infections that lead to possible abdominal adhesions, painful periods, and a lumpy c section scar.
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Putting on the C Section Recovery Belt in the Hospital
April 1, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
We were very fortunate to have Maria to work with to make our videos, this is the day after her cesarean delivery. In this video, Christina puts the bikini belt on Maria and helps her out of bed for the first time. Just in case you are wondering Maria is not an actress, she is a regular working mom. This was not her first c section, but it was her first time wearing the belly binder belt, her face says it all!
Our C Section Recovery Bikini Belt
March 27, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
This video displays our uniquely designed C Section Recovery Bikini Belt and how easy it is to put on, even in the hospital as we see here. With our soft comfy belly binder you will move with ease and comfort, reduce your pain and swelling and heal faster. If you know you are having a c section delivery, do the smart thing and get your recovery belt in advance so you can take it with you to the hospital.
C Section Recovery – Be Prepared!
March 12, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
When we were in La at the Golden Globes Boom Boom Room we had a visit by Kerri Pomarolli of Mom TV.
Kerri spoke to company founder Christina Hemming, about our c-section recovery products.Kerri herself had a 10lb baby through C-Section and our products means a lot to her.
You will see her say, what a tough time she had recovering and "where were you when I had my baby". This is a typical response from moms who have had a c section, they get it. So if you are going to have a cesarean delivery, please do the smart thing, be prepared with our C Section Recovery Belt when you go into the hospital.
After Your C Section, Use Binding for Pain Control & Support
February 19, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
When the decision was made to have a C-Section birth with your obstetrician, your health and the baby’s health are paramount. The cesarean surgery recovery process involves many things which may include: abdominal pain from the surgery, a hard time getting out of bed, the new incision and c section scar healing process, and avoiding infections! Support and protect your fresh incision so that it does not tear, or open from the extra pregnancy weight. The most important thing is to be prepared, and one way is to have the C section recovery belt with you in the Hospital, because before you get up and move around, you need the support of binding. Without abdominal binding it can feel as if your insides are going to fall out! The c section recovery belt will also reduce your pain. Focus on the baby, not the pain! You may feel some pain, but it will be so much less than if you had nothing at all to support your freshly cut abdomen.
While your Obstetrician may have done the operation and provide needed medication, C Section Recovery Kits provide that extra support, protection and education about the recovery process and scar healing therapy for a softer healthier scar. Created by a Professional Massage therapist who experienced an emergency C Section, the guide gives you many simple and effective tools to assist you in a faster and better recovery. Don’t tear your fresh incision and end up with a big scar!
Our kit works in conjunction with your doctor’s advise. Please discuss any questions you may have with your doctor, including where the incision will be placed, what kind of stitching they may use to close you up, the pros and cons of staples, stitches or glue, and possibly double stitching your uterus. This helps to create a stronger incision so that a possible VBAC could happen next pregnancy.
Don’t think that just because you have been through this before that its going to be any easier or harder than the first time. There is no telling how your body wil respond to anaesthesia or other issues that may come up during your surgery and recovery. Sometimes there are issues with the incision reopening, swelling with blood coming out, or infections occuring either with the incision, kidneys, bladder or breast. We have provided a checklist and warning signs for infections in our book to help you take better care of yourself.
We want you recover quickly so you can feel wonderful and be more available to your new baby and family. Please don’t let your tissue be unsupported, just hanging out there, as the scarring and chance for complications increases with unsupported and freshly cut skin. They cut 6 layers in all, so it was a significant surgery!
Tearing and bleeding can occur, so avoid an incision that opens because of gravity on your abdomen.
Be prepared, and wrap yourself in comfort and protection using the ancient secrets of abdominal binding, self massage and dry skin brushing for a fast and easy recovery and small flat c section scar.
New C Section Mom Tells It Like It Is
February 8, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
C section pain is something your doctor is unlikely to talk much about. The modern medical way is to give you powerful pharmaceutical pain killers so it won’t be an issue. That may be fine if you are recovery from another form of surgery and can rest and recuperate, with a c section you also just had a baby.
You see it’s the side effects of those pain killers that are the issue. The first weeks after birth are an important time for your bonding with baby, and baby with you. It is one of the most intimate relationships possible.Will it be the best it can be if you are numbed out? New c section mom Emily Dickey wrote about her experience, here’s what she said.
"I had an unplanned c-section December 27, 2009, with the birth of my first. I am still recovering and ask anyone who has gone through this–it’s hard. Especially with a newborn! I was told not to take the stairs, not lift anything heavier than my baby, no physical activity, etc. Pain is better now (4 wk pp), but especially at the beginning it was very hard to get out of bed or off the couch. I routinely took pain meds that made me fall asleep sitting up.. mid-sentence even! And at the same time took care of baby Ryan. There had to be something out there to help, right?!
The belts help reduce pain and accelerate your recovery. I feel like it also helps take in my belly! They really are comfortable to wear. A couple days ago I asked on twitter if sharp pain in the belly was normal with certain movements. It is, but… the pain is basically gone if I’m wearing the Abdomend. I can laugh without worrying about the pain! The skin brush reduces swelling and ingrown hairs. The guide shows you techniques on how to use the brush to move fluids to reduce swelling and ways to compress your belly to minimize scar appearance.
The belt can also be used for support during pregnancy (& to help lessen stretch marks), after a vaginal birth to support your uterus and tighten your belly, or after any abdominal surgery!
Having a c-section, especially an unplanned one, can be stressful and traumatizing. Having the Abdomend can help make recovery a bit easier on you. You can buy the belts individually or as a kit."
This is exactly why we produced our c section binder and belt, to give you a chance to reduce cesarean pain, be physically supported to be fully present with your newborn, and also have a faster c section recovery with a trouble free scar.
C Section Recovery Kit Goes to Hollywood
January 28, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Maui Healing Kits attended Jayneoni Moore’s Boom Boom Room at a Golden Globes giveaway in Beverly Hills Jan 15 &16 2010, displaying our c section recovery belts and cesarean scar massage guide.
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We are trying to increase exposure of our products to educate the public about the challenges women face in c section recovery.
The time after birth should be spent with the baby and under minimal stress. Our products helps make that a reality for the cesarean mom.
Our most supportive comment came from Neal McDonough seen on the Desperate Housewives show.
His wife had just had a cesarean 3 days before, he said "this is the best and most important product here."
For a spouse or person recovering from surgery, the reality of pain and managing it is critical.
Constance Marie of the George Lopez show, also knows the importance of wrapping the abdomen post birth and was enthusiastic about the binder.
There were many other celebrities who enjoyed the binders as they all understand the value of recovering faster after c section or vaginal delivery.
Enjoy the photos, and thanks to everyone who showed interest in our product.
Aloha Christina
ps. I just wanted to add that we got a mention in LAsplash.com, this is what they said…..
AbdoMend
"Having a C-section? Heading into your third trimester and feeling like your middle is going to tip you over? You have to check out AbdoMend. Offering soft, adjustable, cotton binders that will support your changing body before and after childbirth, AbdoMend wants to help you heal faster, with less pain and minimal scarring. Just what you want too, right? Providing a C-section Recover Kit plus other supports that will assist your healing process from any abdominal surgery, AbdoMend also walks you through massage, brushing and other self-healing techniques that will speed up your recovery, aiming at the best possible journey and results possible."
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C Section Recovery Thank You Notes
January 15, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
The unsought inspiration for the Abdomend™ c section recovery belts was my own emergency cesarean. Starting and running the business of making and selling them has been more work than I ever imagined. Some of you probably know just what hard work it is to begin a business and then run it yourself, many times I feel completely overwhelmed.
So when I hear from women who have received grateful benefit from wearing the belts and following the recovery, it makes it worthwhile. Here’s one we received recently with a picture of Pia and her beautiful newborn baby.
It gives me so much satisfaction to hear from women like Pia, so please if you have benefited from our c section recovery products, I’d love to hear from you, it really does mean a lot to me.
"I cannot even begin to tell you how much the C-Section Recovery Belt has helped me recover from my c-section last month! I wore the belt during the last 2 months of my pregnancy as well and it helped so much in lessening back pain and soreness in my pelvic and tummy areas.
I wore it two days after my c-section and it made a HUGE difference in my recovery! The extra support that the belts provided was awesome. I was able to stand, walk, and get up from bed with a significantly less amount of pain and fear of ripping my stitches apart – which I really needed since I have a 3-year old to look after too. Plus, the material is soft, washable, and non-irritating so it was comfortable to wear it almost 24 hours a day. At 2 1/2 weeks post-partum, the belt was getting too big for me, despite washing it in hot water to shrink it down so I just moved on to the Hem-It-In Belt.
Thank you for coming up with this product… it really is the key to a better recovery from a c-section! Your belts do not disappoint and I will be recommending this to friends who will be giving birth!"
Pia Rivera
Vancouver, BC
Abdominal Binding And Massage: Healing Secrets for Cesarean Birth Recovery
October 22, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
"Roll to your side and get out of bed." Dreaded words to hear for the C-Section mom or abdominal surgery patient. Without support around the abdomen, you can feel like your insides are going to fall out! You can be proactive in your recovery without doing anything more complicated than compressing the abdomen and massaging yourself.
Cesarean section birth is major abdominal surgery as they cut 6 layers. Surgeons no longer cut the muscles, but stretch the muscles open and cut layers around those muscles and organs in order to deliver the baby.
C Section recovery needs for women are very real and you deserve the best care so you can focus on baby, and heal without the additional burdens of fear and pain.
Vaginal birth mothers also need support to promote faster healing. The use of binding for post-partem mothers is common to many cultures and has a long and proven history of effectively speeding healing and recovery.
Binding of abdomen reduces pain & promotes faster healing. Abdominal cinding is as ancient as childbirth itself. When your pain level is decreased, you can take a deep breath and relax. Reducing your stress and pain levels makes it easier to move around and speeds healing. Reduce lower back pain and protect yourself while breastfeeding and handeling baby, simply by binding your abdomen.
For any type of childbirth, binding the abdomen supports your organs and helps you to get your shape back more quickly. Post surgery binding reduces pain and hold things together.
Why is compression so important during pregnancy, after abdominal surgery, cesarean section birth, or vaginal birth?
Compression helps to reduce swelling, stabilizes the skin,muscles and internal organs to shrink back. Basically compression presses tissue together, it makes the space in between the fibers smaller through pressure. Compression is done through binding, massage or holding of the area.
Some hospitals provide post surgery binders, but they are generally stiff and not very soft. When I had my emergency c sestion the hospital gave me… a bandage. Can you imagine, with an incision like the one above what it would feel like to wrap a bandage around your tummy over and over to create the effect of a cesarean binding belt?
It was from this experience that I decided other women deserved a better option and with the help and advice of the midwife I had hoped would birth my son and other women, the C Section Recovery Bikini Belt and Abdomend™ products were designed.
C Section Support Belts & Belly Binding
October 9, 2009 by · 1 Comment
Binding is an ancient tool for C Section birth and post partum abdominal support. Compression brings fibers together, reduces swelling and tearing and at the same time offers some protection for the incision. Soft abdominal binders help support the changing body through pregnancy, vaginal delivery & Cesarean Section recovery.
You deserve support and protection at this special time, but the ancient healing art of binding is less well known today as i discovered after my own emergency c section. During pregnancy abdominal binders support the weight of the baby and the body, and reduces the load on the skin and stretched out abdominal muscles. If there isn’t enough support or silica/elastic properties to the skin, stretch marks can happen.
Cesarean Section birth requires special recovery care, as surgery is stressful,painful and now a new baby requires your loving attention. Binding will reduce your pain and scar, and make it easier to get out of bed.
Binding will protect and support your incision before rolling over to get out of bed. Compression supports your abdomen so it doesn’t feel like your insides are going to fall out, and will reduce scar tissue. Many women do not realize that The doctor cut into 6 layers inside the abdomen, and then stretched open the muscles. With binding you avoid the feeling of feeling unsupported, vulnerable to gravity and afraid to move.
It is the fascia that surrounds the muscles which is cut, and then the 6 layers are sutured (sewn) back. For any birth, the uterus and intestines also benefit from support, as it shrinks and moves back into place.
Of course do not do anything that is painful, and please be mindful to not wrap yourself too tightly. It is about support, not strangulation or cutting off blood supply. Being gentle and easy with yourself during these first months will help you heal better for later on, when life gets busier.
Binding also supports organs to go back to their original size and location.
Bladder, intestinal and reproductive complications can arise from a c-section or other abdominal surgeries. The support of binding means less tearing, which means less scar tissue, inside and out. Less scar tissue means more comfort and fewer secondary complications and a better looking scar. With belly binding you can avoid the tearing and infections that lead to possible abdominal adhesions, painful periods, and a lumpy scar.
Our uniquely designed C Section Bikini Belt does not contain elastic making it perfect for immediate use after c section birth or other abdominal surgery. We designed it to be as adjustable as possible to allow you to find the perfect binding pressure and adjust it as you heal. We then came up with the detachable support strap, which does contain elastic, for another level of fully adjustable support, font or back.
The Hem It In Belt is great for post vaginal delivery, laparoscopic abdominal surgery, or about 2 weeks after the cesarean, when you want more compression and support. The cotton covered elastic provides firm support when you are getting back to your daily routine, or just going to the car with baby. After incising through the 6 layers,our muscles were stretched open to get the baby out, so holding them close is a good thing.
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