Researchers at Australia’s Melbourne University carried out studies with pregnant women who were between 20 and 36 weeks pregnant and were suffering from lower back or pelvic pain, and found that the BellyBra reduced their symptoms and made them less likely to resort to painkillers.
Results of the trials, which compared theBellyBra with Tubigrip elasticated support bandages, showed that women in the last 10 weeks of pregnancy who wore some form of lower back support found it easier to get up from being seated, and to get to sleep comfortable.
However, the BellaBra was more effective in alleviating pain during everyday physical activities such as walking
