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Diastasis Recti

mccall35mccall35 member
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Hey Ladies, I'm a FTM and am quite petite. I just discovered I have diastasis recti. Does anyone else have experience with this condition? I have a few exercises to help with this from Be-Fit-Mom.com, but I was wondering if anyone else had other things they did to help?Thanks in advance!!  (sorry to all the March 2013 moms who have already read this post, I'm re-posting here, as there may be more ladies who can provide some input :)  
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Re: Diastasis Recti

  • Mrs.DeliaMariePMrs.DeliaMarieP member

    I have this as a result of my first pregnancy.  I didn't have it before I was pregnant with DS, but afterwards I had a 1-1.5 inch gap between my abdominal muscles.  My OB is aware of it but has never given me anything to do about it while I am pregnant.  I have been trying to pay attention more to my posture this time around, and keeping my abs from just "letting go" like I did last time. 

    I didn't do any special exercises between pregnancies or anything, I just kind of let it be, but I'm hoping that this time I will have the motivation to try to do something about it after this pregnancy because I don't plan to have any more children after this.

    I have not had any complications during this pregnancy, and at this point my belly is so big that you can't even feel that I have a diastasis anymore, my belly is just round and hard like last time.


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  • EIsieMaeEIsieMae member
    I'm pretty sure I had this when I was pregnant with DD. My stomach would come to a point whenever I shifted to get up. I could feel a gap for the first month or two after birth, but I haven't felt it since. I never did any exercises to help correct it before this pregnancy. I'm a little nervous that the damage will be more severe this time around.
    BFP #1: 5-14-2010, DD born 1-22-2011
    BFP #2: 4-20-2012, Natural MC 5-1-2012
    BFP #3: 7-19-2012, DS born 3-27-2013
    BFP #4: 9-13-2014, MMC discovered 10-27-14 at 10w, d&c on 11-6-14 

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