This is a question asked by a woman via the babybellyband youtube video.... http://www.youtube.com/user/BABYBELLYBAND


Great question.  During pregnancy, the weight of the fetus puts pressure on the groin area.  If one has a week abdominal muscle wall, a hernia can occur (a hernia is when the muscle wall is weakened and the intestines or organs which are usually held in by the muscle, push through causing a protrusion).  The most common hernia with pregnancy is an inguinal hernia which protrudes in the groin area.  During my pregnancy I developed an inguinal hernia and the result was very uncomfortable.  I could not walk comfortably with out pushing on the hernia to give it support, nor could I lift my other children without extreme pain.  I was very fit and athletic and did not gain a huge amount of weight, it was just that my groin area muscle wall perhaps separated or was weak ( my mother also has hernais so perhaps muscle wall weakness is genetic).    Wearing support, like the Babybellyband, helps not only lessen the damage of a hernia, but relieve the discomfort and allow a woman to lead a normal, active life: working, walking, carrying other children, without so much pain. After I birthed my child, the hernia disappeared.  This often happens although in more extreme cases, the hernia must be repaired after pregnancy.   .

I am amazed at how many  pregnant woman tell me that their OB/GYN or midwife has informed them that there is "nothing they can do" about their ailments during pregnancy.  Because my company, Cabea,llc, is in the field of pregnancy and hernia support wear, most of the comments I hear from women are related to hernia, vulvar varicosity, abdominal, or lower back discomfort.  The women I speak with are mostly "highly self motivated" because they are online searching for a solution to their problems for which they have been told, their is no relief.  I think of all the women who are not this self-motivated and how they are suffering with blues or discomforts for which there are solutions.  We as women must help each other in spreading the word that there is help from pregnancy discomforts or the serious blues that one can encounter when the hormones go baserk.  Here are websites for this kind of help:

Pregnancy Discomforts
http://www.babybellyband.com

Pregnancy Emotional Blues:
http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-life/emotions/pregnant-depressed/

Most women experience some type of lower back pain during pregnancy.  I mean really, how often do you go around with an extra 20lbs strapped to the front of your belly?  Lower back pain is the bodies response to the added weight you are carrying as well as ligaments loosening with hormonal changes in pregnancy. 
To relieve some of this discomfort I have created Cabea Babybellyband an abdominal support band with superior support.  The band is Velcro adjustable so no matter how large your belly grows, the band ...<< MORE >>