Your body will change a lot during pregnancy as it grows and prepares to deliver your baby and support it after birth. Once the baby has arrived, your body won’t just snap back to how it used to look, but after a few months you may wish to start taking action to help things get back to normal.
Beyond the well-known actions of eating healthily and exercising, there are many different methods you can consider to help shift your baby weight. At a clinic like Bimini Body, there are a great range of non-invasive treatments that can help you shift those last few kilos, as well as help with saggy skin and inflammation.
Let’s explore them now.
As your baby grows it will contribute to your weight, but your body will also be storing excess fat to prepare your body to feed your baby with breastmilk. Once you have given birth, you may struggle to lose the weight because of the following factors:
Hormonal imbalances: Pregnancy causes a lot of changes to your hormones, and they won’t just snap back to normal once you give birth. Your estrogen and progesterone levels will take a while to get back on track, and many women will find that their progesterone stays low after birth, leading to an imbalance of estrogen which can encourage your body to store fat around your torso.
Sleep issues: One of the best things you need to do when you’re trying to lose weight is get plenty of sleep, but when you’ve just had a baby, sleep is one of the first things parents lose! The connection between sleep and weight loss is one that is well known, and a lack of sleep will cause your body to search out calorie-dense food to increase energy–not ideal for weight loss!
Higher stress levels: Stress can throw your body out of whack in all sorts of ways, and inhibiting weight loss is just one of them. No matter how smoothly your pregnancy and birth have gone, no doubt you’ll be a little stressed when it comes to looking after the little human you’ve just met! This can encourage you to reach for calorie-dense food that is easy to access, which also happens to be the type of foods that make us gain weight.
Losing weight after giving birth is never easy, but luckily there are a few treatments you can look into to help with your baby weight removal.
Body sculpting is a safe and painless way to lose weight. Find out the facts in our blog, ‘How Much Weight Can You Lose with Body Sculpting?’
Here at Bimini Body, we offer our clients a fantastic range of treatments that can help with post pregnancy contouring for their body.
You probably won’t have had as much time to exercise while pregnant and after giving birth, which can make building the muscle women need to stay healthy difficult. This is where our StimSure muscle building technology comes in!
Using electromagnetic waves, our StimSure technology will stimulate your muscles to contract just like they do when you exercise. By targeting a specific muscle group, we can strengthen and tone the muscles in areas like your stomach, glutes and back.
Our StimSure treatments can also help if you are suffering from abdominal separation, which can happen when your expanding uterus puts pressure on the abdominal muscles of your stomach and causes them to separate. It’s also known as diastasis recti. Performing abdominal exercises can help repair this, but if you struggle to find the time for it, StimSure can help!
If you want fat reduction, you can’t go past Lipocel HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound). It uses ultrasound energy to target and destroy the fat that sits just under the skin, called subcutaneous fat. The skin and muscle tissue around it won’t be harmed!
After the fat cells have been damaged, your body’s lymphatic system will naturally remove and process them over the next few months. You will see immediate results, but the best visibility will be noticeable after 12 weeks. HIFU stomach tightening is very popular for women after they’ve given birth, but we also offer other HIFU body treatments you can take advantage of.
Saggy skin is a common sight after you’ve given birth, but our Accent Prime technology can help your body bounce back. By using ultrasound and radiofrequency waves, we can stimulate your body to produce collagen and elastin and cause it to tighten, making your skin look firmer and more plump.
Non-invasive and completely painless, this treatment only takes half an hour and is ideal for areas that can be a little saggy after birth, like the lower section of the stomach.
Our wood therapy treatments can help you feel toned, sculpted and lighter, but more than that, it also comes with a few useful health benefits for post pregnancy mums.
Can assist with lymphatic drainage. Your lymphatic system is your body’s built-in detoxification system, and helping it along can assist with its ability to remove fat, particularly after a LIPOCEL treatment.
Can help with cellulite reduction. Treatments with wooden tools can help reduce the look of cellulite in areas like the thighs, stomach and glutes.
Can help reduce fluid retention. When our bodies hold onto excess fluid we can look and feel puffy and bloated. Wood therapy can help encourage your body to drain away these unnecessary fluids.
If you want to learn more about this treatment, please read our blog on ‘What Is Wood Therapy? Exploring Its Benefits for Wellness and Relaxation’.
Sweating it out in an infrared sauna has a range of benefits that can help mums in their baby weight removal journey. Use our sauna and you can expect to enjoy:
Anyone who has been in a sauna can also tell you they’re incredibly relaxing! Our infrared sauna is the perfect way to ease sore muscles and stress after a hard day of working or parenting.
Picking and choosing what treatments you want for your post pregnancy contouring may seem a little overwhelming, but when you choose Bimini Body, we’ve done all of the hard thinking for you.
Our Baby Bouncy Back treatment package is designed for mums that are at least 12 weeks post pregnancy and combines a range of services and treatments to help you get back to your pre-pregnancy weight.
Choose this package and you can expect:
An advanced body scan using our Inbody 770 machine to analyse your body fat percentage, muscle mass, water content and bone density. It will help us see what areas need to be targeted during your treatments.
Multiple StimSure treatments to help your muscles grow on your torso and other target areas. This is also where we will assist you with your abdominal separation.
Lipocel HIFU body treatments to tighten skin and help remove fat in the abdominal region.
Accent Prime treatments to tighten loose skin and boost collagen production.
A wood therapy treatment to improve your skin’s texture and boost the effectiveness of the other treatments.
Multiple sauna sessions to help you detoxify and contribute to your recovery.
A consultation with a gut health specialist to address any concerns you may have, such as bloating, fatigue and inflammation.
A final InBody scan to see your progress.
You’ll also receive a free LED facial and post-care package once your treatments with us are complete.
New to the concept of body contouring? We’re not! Discover the basics in our article, ‘What Is Body Contouring? How It Works, And Results You Can Expect.’
If healthy eating and exercise aren’t getting you the results you want, or you’re struggling to make time for yourself while you care for your baby, then our post pregnancy contouring treatment package may be just what you need.
If you have been looking for safe, pain-free and non-invasive post pregnancy fat removal in Melbourne, Bimini Body’s Baby Bouncy Back package is the perfect solution. We are located in Middle Park with easy street parking available for our clients.
Please contact us on 0412 613 086 or use our online form to get in touch regarding your baby weight removal treatments. With appointments available Monday through to Saturday, it’s easy to find time to get your post pregnancy fat removal at our Melbourne clinic!
