With my recent return back to the clinic, I have been working on my “must haves” over the last few months. All new moms or moms with littles tend to get a lot of advice they never asked for and a handful of times, they never knew they needed. Here is my current list of things I wish I had in early pregnancy and earlier postpartum. I will attach a google doc to the bottom in case I update it as we navigate through the craziness called parenthood.

First, during mid-late pregnancy I finally ordered a couple pairs of Blanqi support pregnancy pants. These helped with additional support and compression at the end of some busy clinic days. These pants and shorts were very helpful in feeling a bit of extra support around the abdomen especially when I wasn’t able to get my supportive tape (previous blog) on by myself. Pregnancy belly taping & Blanqi support pants were my best supportive friends by the end of this pregnancy, of course in addition to regular adjustments.

Second, postpartum. I actually packed a pair of the Blanqi postpartum pants in my hospital bag, which when I packed them I really had no idea if I would actually ever use them, but just like the pregnancy pants they did really well with support and compression. The weird jiggly belly sensation after just having a baby was definitely lessened by the support and compression these pants provided. The other product which arguably the most important had been the pumping/nursing bras I found. Kindred Bravely is the brand I decided to try out because I am exclusively pumping, the cheaper Amazon ones were certainly not cutting it and the weird zip up thing most Target’s or Walmart’s carry were almost just as bad. I wish I would have known about this after our first one, because they are game changer.

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Here is the Google Doc that I will keep updating, so check it out or stay tuned as I will probably have another blog similar in the future :).