What is the "abdominal separation" everyone is talking about?

Re: What is the "abdominal separation" everyone is talking about?

• MrsARC1105

  January 2009

  Its called diastasis recti and its when your ab muscles separate.  There are certain exercises you can do that can help it.  If its a bad case, surgery is the only solution.

  Mommy to twin girls, Ashlyn & Fiona, born at 34 weeks due to vasa previa.

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• PianoPlayingSarah member

  January 2009

  You can tell if you have it by lying flat on your back - kind of do a crunch and feel around in the center of your ab muscles.  There shouldn't be any space or separation.  If you can fit some fingers in there, you have it.

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• ES-6-26

  January 2009

  I had it pretty bad - once I delivered when I would sit up (in crunch) - like getting out of bed - the abs would raise up like two aliens in my gut. ?There was a?noticeable?separation. ?I followed some program I found online and did careful exercises for 5 weeks and now - 8w pp - they are not too bad and I can do normal sit-ups without looking freakish. ?I go to the gym 4x a week and really don't look that bad (IMO) considering I just gave birth to twins!

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