I had my baby in March.  About two weeks post partum my belly had slimmed down a lot.  I looked and felt like I was pretty close to being back to my pre-pregnancy size but when I tried to put on jeans or shorts, I could barely get them up over my butt.  I waited a little longer thinking that maybe I needed to lose a bit more weight.  Then, I thought that it couldn't be the weight, it must be my hips.  So, I measured and found that my hips had spread a good 3 inches.  So, I purchased the Shrinkx hips, hoping I'd still have time for it to work.  I started wearing it at about 4 weeks post partum.  I didn't mind it, at first.  I didn't leave the house much, so I just wore it over whatever pants I was wearing.  It stayed in place fairly well and I wore it all the time, even while sleeping.  About two weeks in, it started getting creases in it and the edges folded over so that the velcro was exposed and catching on everything.  I would take it off at night to sleep and forget to put it back on when I got up.  It was also hassle when I had to go to the bathroom.  With an infant, every moment you can spare for yourself is precious, and bathroom breaks can be few and far between.  I have not seen any progress with my hips and I'm past the 8 week cut off.  I realize that I should have started using this product several weeks earlier but I didn't realize, until it was too late, that I needed it and I'm not sure how effective it would have been if I had started earlier.  I wish I could say it worked but I can't.