#compressionwear

40 weeks in and 10 days out! Second pregnancy using #BellyBandit and wouldn't trade it for anything!!! Such a relief feeling one sense of normalcy when adjusting to life with a sweet new baby.

I suffer from a lot of joint and muscle pains due to my CFS and my POTS means that I have poor circulation and dodgy blood pressure. I have found that compression garments, such as the gloves and the knee support shown here, reduce the pain and help with my circulation. I also have some compression tights and various wrist supports.

The knee support allows me to stand up for longer periods of time before I experience pain and overwhelming dizziness. I bought it at my local pharmacist along with the wrist supports and tights TIP: make sure to measure your knee first to get the right size as you don’t want to cut off circulation but equally if it’s too loose then it won’t be effective.

The gloves are excellent for the pain that I get in my fingers and allow me to complete tasks that I would otherwise be unable to when things get bad. (Such as typing!). These are more specialist as most brands are marketing at people with arthritis and thus I had to order them online. The brand I chose are IMAK compression gloves and can be worn all day and even over night. They’re comfortable and fairly flexible but the seam has popped on one side. this is not currently an issue and I can sow it back up but I believe it is common across the brand options as the seams must be very thin so as not to be an irritant.