Maternity belts are awesome. They help with support and with sciatic nerve pain. With this one I totally anticipated more pain and bad circulation and other bad symptoms like my 2nd. But luckily it wasn't so I'm really glad I had my maternity belts.
My midwife gave me a wrap for my sciatic pain during pregnancy. Haven't used it yet.. but honestly I think I'm going to put it to use after pregnancy too.While out for walks.. maybe it'll relieve some of the back pain.
It's not for bringing your body back to normal but to minimize the discomfort of pain after birth and to add back support and abdominal support.