Comments on: Ugly undies

by: Kat O+

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Is it for back support? I never heard of the granny undies theory but after I gave birth, I had some back pain. The physio gave (well, sold) me a velcroed, elastic thingy that wraps around my torso. I still wear it occasionally and it does help. (Back in Mum’s day, they used to tie a long piece of cloth around their waists - I guess elastic and velcro weren’t popular then.) You can wear sexy undies with the elastic thingy but you can’t really wear them under anything body hugging.

I also have an unscientifically proven theory that wearing the elastic/granny undies/cloth thingy helps get your tummy back to its normal size. Which can only be a good thing!

by: ike

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I would like to give you advice on why. But instead I will say this. I find these undies sexy.

So I am retarded, sue me.

by: Rae

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Kat, we were told the uglies help pull the belly in and support the amount of padding you wear for “down there”. I figure anything is worth a try. I’ll pack my regular knickers, just in case these ones prove too uncomfy.

Ike, noooo… nobody but granny likes these knickers!

by: Evey

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Ahh, grandma knickers… I realised resistance was useless about 8 months into my pregnancy when my belly was so big that all my hipster knickers started to kind of “ping” off my belly into a rolled up bunch… I decided that before they inadvertently ended up falling right down, I needed to bite the bullet and invest in a few pairs of the billowing grandma knickers.

And then it turned out that I had a caesarean, so I couldn’t wear anything that had elastic across my wound.

And, err, they were kind of comfy… ;-)