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"There's a difference between "unregulated" and "unsafe." I am the {CPS} tech who test-drove it in my most recent pregnancy. I really did like it. .... Sadly, we don't have any standards to test these products against so it's up to the consumer to make the best guess she can. But the fact is seat belts don't have to pass any pregnancy-related safety standards either so NOT using the Tummy Shield is just as much of a judgment call."
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"I bought [another brand] and I used it 14 days and it doesnât give you the right comfort and safe feeling compared to yours!!!"
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I was in a car accident at 25 weeks+4. The car rolled and ended up on the passenger side. I was suspended on the driverâs side. Thank goodness I was wearing the Tummy Shield my friend had loaned me. It held me securely throughout the roll and my bump didnât experience any impact. When I told the EMTâs I had been in it, I got a thumbs up and at the ER, the doctor gave me a high five. I have an anterior placenta so a lap belt could have caused an abruption so my baby and/or I may not be here if I hadnât used the Tummy Shield. When we got home I immediately ordered a new Tummy Shield as a precaution (the first looked absolutely fine but after an accident I wouldnât risk using it again). I never travel without it on and have recommended it to everybody."
I was involved in a car accident where my car rolled twice before it came to a halt. I was hanging upside-down with the Tummy Shield supporting me from my thighs. The ambulance and emergency crew told me that if it wasn't for the Tummy Shield, my baby would have had a small chance of surviving; my baby is now 3 months old and healthy as she can be."
I ordered the pregnancy seat belt positioner a little less than 1 month ago. I am currently 28 weeks pregnant. My husband and I were T boned this past weekend when another vehicle ran a red light at 50 mph into the passenger side of our vehicle where I was located. I was wearing my pregnancy seat belt. I would just like to let you know how great it worked. I did go to the hospital because the airbags deployed but I had no impact to my belly. I was monitored for 4 hours and baby is doing great. Thank you for this great product."
I truly believe not having the seat belt across my baby made all the difference. When I was 6-months pregnant with my daughter 5 years ago, I was rear-ended. There was no damage at all to my vehicle, and I felt OK, but being pregnant I thought it would be a good idea to get checked out. While in the waiting area of the ER, I starting having contractions. They {kept} me from going into pre-term labor. I then was unable to work or drive for the rest of my pregnancy. Had I had a Tummy Shield then, I truly believe the results would have been far different. When we saw my doctor after this accident (at 18 weeks), her first question was what parts of me impacted with the vehicle. Thanks to the Tummy Shield, I was able to say that nothing impacted with my abdomen. She felt my stomach, listened to the baby's heartbeat and all was well. I have no stress about being in a vehicle as long as I have my Tummy Shield because I know that my baby and I are as well protected as we can be."
So I shared this pregnancy seat belt a couple months back, hoping we would never have a need for it. Well we can attest to its value today. One her way back from swimming K was hit. Accidents happen and trying to go over the "would-a, could-a, should-a's" of it never changes what happened, but in this case we can say our baby is safe because of a choice we thankfully made in buying a $150 seat cover that keeps the seat belt away from a pregnant women's belly while securing the belt around her thighs. So if you are planning a child, include this as a must have!!! Baby and mom are fine."
The doctors stated to that had I NOT been wearing the Tummy Shield it would have been a very different outcome. We go to all extremes to look after safety, our safety, our chilrenâs safety, in the car. And looking after our unborn children is no different. Watch her video here."
Mom credits the Tummy Shield for her having no injury and her baby being fine after this crash."
A woman was in the turning lane waiting to go into a business. The lane closest to her wasn't moving but the outside lane (the one my husband and I were in) was still moving. She decided to turn anyway and slammed into us hard enough that it pushed us onto the sidewalk a little bit and turned her car completely around. I was on the passenger side so I wasn't on the impacted side. I have a small mark on my thigh from the seat belt but I would much rather have that than anything else bad happening to my tummy or my baby. Everyone walked out okay thankfully."
How Does the Tummy Shield Protect My Unborn Baby?
Why do pregnant women need Tummy Shield?
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Automobile crashes are the largest single cause of death for pregnant women and the leading cause of traumatic fetal injury mortality in the United States.â â U.S. National Library of Medicine
- About 170,000 pregnant women experience car crashes every year.
- An estimated 3,000 pregnancies are lost from car crashes every year (thatâs about 8 a day and may be a conservative estimate).
- Comparatively speaking thatâs 86 times the number of children who are lost in hot car deaths and 39 times the number of infants who are fatally injured in car crashes.
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You see, the existing seat belt system was not designed or tested to protect women who are driving while pregnant. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's old website, the current seat belt system exposes an inherent risk for injury, or even death, to an unborn baby.
This is because the standard seat belt is designed to secure an occupant in the car seat by engaging the hip bones. However, beginning at the start of the second trimester, your unborn baby moves above and in front of your hip bones â directly beneath the seat belt. When engaged by an accident, or even a sudden stop, the belt compresses with extreme speed and force, violently displacing and even crushing your unborn baby.
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Is the Tummy Shield Safety Tested?
To ensure the safety of pregnant occupants and their unborn babies, Tummy Shield has undergone extensive testing.
- Crash tests validate the vehicle's seat belt performance remains compliant with applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards while using the Tummy Shield and the Tummy Shield.
- Tensile strength tests conclude the Tummy Shield is strong enough to hold up to crash energy without breaking. As far as we've been able to determine, Tummy Shield is the ONLY pregnancy seat belt positioner that was strength and crash tested for safety.
Get more details about how Tummy Shield was tested.