Graduated-compression maternity hosiery are totally safe and a time-tested method for controlling the risk of varicose veins!

Here is how veins malfunction during pregnancy

In a properly functioning venous system, tiny valves in the blood vessels open on the heart’s pulse-beat and close on the rest-beat.  This action “stair-steps” blood back to the heart—preventing backflow to the lower legs, blood pooling, vein swelling and the formation of varicose veins and blood clots (venous thrombosis).

   

During pregnancy, hormonal changes and added blood flow to the womb put extra pressure on the veins...added weight increases stress on leg muscles and the vein’s walls—all factors in weakened, stretched veins and malfunctioning vein valves—the first phase of venous insufficiency and Varicose Veins!

   

Graduated compression hosiery was developed specifically to overcome venous insufficiency.  This type medical hosiery is knitted to apply maximum pressure at the ankle with precise and gradual pressure reduction up the length of the stocking.  Graduated pressure restores proper blood flow in the legs, in effect, adding correct “tone” to the leg's veins to prevent the swelling and knotting of blood vessels associated with Spider Veins and more advanced Varicose Veins. Graduated compression hosiery is totally safe for mothers-to-be and their unborn baby and is prescribed the world over.