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Stomach muscle pain...

sami1784sami1784 member
in September 2011 Moms
Anyone else's stomach muscles feel like they're just going to split open above the belly button to the sternum?  I'm only 34 weeks, but LO is measuring 3 weeks ahead both by fundal height and ultrasound, and my stomach muscles feel like they're stretched as far as they can get.  I feel like I'm going to "split at the seam" right down the middle of my upper abdomen. 

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Re: Stomach muscle pain...

  • AaronKaraAaronKara member
    i just feel like my belly button is going to split open...
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  • RobotsandRosesRobotsandRoses member
    Check out info on diastasis recti. That sounds like what you are experiencing.
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  • Amanda&EricBAmanda&EricB member
    My stomach muscle pain is more on the sides. It makes getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom painful and difficult.
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  • jaymiegerardjaymiegerard member

    There is a great book for preventing and treating diastasis recti (which is when the tendons between your rectus abdominus, or the muscles that make up the six pack, get overly strained and separate).  It's called Maternal Fitness by a woman named Judy Tupler.

    It's not that uncommon, but if you do have diastasis recti, you'll want to try to deal with it as soon as possible (esp. if you want to regain your regular pre-pregnancy stomach).

    It may help to give yourself a stomach split when you're just hanging around - take a big thin cloth or towel, wrap it around your back and criss-cross it over your middle.  Pull it tight when you are getting in and out of bed or getting up from sitting.

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  • ktshafraktshafra member
    I felt that around the same time as you... maybe a little earlier (during 33 weeks). It lasted maybe a week or so and hasn't returned. You're almost there!
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