Curating a Postpartum Closet: Saved by the Afterband

When you come home post delivery, everything is different. You have a new baby, a new schedule, a new purpose, and a new body, one that might feel especially weird after being pregnant for so dang long. Your pre-pregnancy pants probably don’t quite fit yet, but your maternity jeans are now a bit too big. And since your belly went from housing a baby to, well, not housing a baby, you could find yourself wishing your stomach just felt a little more…tight. Which is why our Afterband® is such a gem.

Designed especially for postpartum use, this soft and stretchy band just feels good around your torso. It’s flexible, but with the right amount of compression and it stays right where it’s supposed to, no tugging, slipping, pulling, or moving. It gives you a nice, smooth shape under clothes, and if you’re breastfeeding in public, gives you some added coverage too. But perhaps best of all, it makes all your bottoms wearable, whether they’re a tad too big or a smidge too small,—just wear it over your waistband and go about your new mom business. In other words, it’s the most useful transitional item you can get.

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Ingrid & Isabel was born when its founder, Ingrid, was newly pregnant with her daughter Isabel and could no longer button her pre-pregnancy bottoms. She fashioned the first prototype of the Bellaband and spent three years perfecting the design before it hit shelves in 2003. To this day, every piece we make, we design with, on, and for moms. Shop our full line of maternity wear.


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