The Best Post-Pregnancy Fitness Routine

I gave birth to my twins via C-Section after 4 months of at-home bed rest and 5 days of in-hospital complete bed rest without bathroom privileges. The day after I gave birth, I was encouraged to move around to speed up my recovery. I honestly thought I had forgotten how to walk. After all, it was my first time to plant my feet on the ground after 6 long days! But I had to get up to see my twins who were in the hospital's Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU). So Joey pushed me on a wheelchair from our room to the IMCU but once we got inside, I had to walk. I didn't mind the pain because I wanted to see my babies. But once we got home, I felt really sore.

During that time, I was wearing an abdominal binder from the hospital. It helped relieve my incision pain but it didn't really help my back because I would still walk hunched over. I wore the binder for around 5 weeks until I decided to buy the Wink Ultra Bikini which was recommended by a friend who also delivered her baby via C-Section. At first, I was intimidated by its hook-and-eye closures (18 to be exact). My hospital binder was fairly easy to put on and remove because it was secured by Velcro. But I still decided to try Wink because my friend was really happy with it. I'm not exaggerating when I say my first trip to the bathroom after wearing my Wink took around half an hour - majority of which was spent hooking and unhooking the binder! But let me just say it was worth it. The compression was great. I felt just the right amount of pressure on my incision which helped lessen the pain 10 times more than the hospital binder. And since the Wink binder starts under the bust, it also provided great back support. I was able to stand up and walk with my back straight and move around better. It was also discreet enough to wear under my clothes. It always stayed in place and didn't bunch up or roll down even as I rocked, breastfed and bathed the twins. I was comfortable wearing it all day and even after several washes, it still retained its shape.

But you know what else it did? It shrunk my belly really quickly! Remember when someone mistook me for still being pregnant at 6 weeks postpartum? Well, after wearing the Wink binder for a month, my belly got really smaller. As in fit-into-pre-pregnancy-jeans smaller! What's cool about the Wink binder is that it has 3 layers of hook-and-eye closures to accommodate progress. After just 3 weeks (8 weeks postpartum), I was already using the innermost, tightest level. Then after the 4th week, I had to buy the next size down because I wasn't feeling the compression anymore. My family was surprised at how quick I was able to bounce back. They pointed out how I told them before that I would give myself 9 months to go back to my pre-pregnancy shape but was able to do it in 9 weeks. Yay! What a great ego boost for a new mom! So I told them about my strict post-pregnancy fitness routine:

So to the Creator of Wink, thank you from my once painful incision, sore back and jiggly postpartum belly. Because of your invention, this new mom is quickly starting to look and feel like her old self again.

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