Stomach muscle separation!?!

Question

Has anyone dealt with this?  I am having issues losing the tummy and feel that recently it may be bulging a bit more.  Took the self test and I am pretty sure I have this issue.  Will be making a doctor's appointment soon to get actual confirmation and determine the exact amount of separation.  The thing I am pissed is that I may have done further damage due to exercising.  I have seen personal trainers who all know I have recently had a kid and NONE of them ever raised this concern.  PLUS the doctor never checked for it.  I am also pissed at myself for not know this - I am a super researcher on stuff and I should have come across this.  Ugh.
Rant done - so has anyone dealt with this post pregnancy and what did you do.

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Oh my gosh. You sound just like me. I was an avid runner before pregnancy. I had about 2.5 finger split. I went back to running because I didn't realize it could make it worse. It turned into a 4 finger wide split!!!! A friend of mine had it bad also and went to physical therapy for it. She highly recommended doing it!! I made an appointment to get an eval but then found out I was pregnant again 🙄 I'll definitely be going to PT after this baby!!!

Honestly I don't know what a doctor could do for it besides giving you a PT referral!! Call around and find one who specializes in pelvic floor therapy/diastasis recti. Good luck!

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Go onto Facebook and look up: "Healthy Habits Happy Moms" and "Mama Lion Strong" for more information and exercise programs to help educate and fix things. Will need to see a pelvic floor PT as it is life changing, they know so much!! And yes it is sad most trainers do not know anything about it pregnancy and post-natal bodies! But do not worry you can do much to fix it and next time you wi know so much!!

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I just checked on YouTube and there's alot of videos for this!!! I will be trying this soon!!

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I got diagnosed with recti diastasis- or diastasis recti lol. I was 4 months pregnant when my abdominal muscles started spreading. I've lost all my baby weight and then some, but my stomach has a weird shape sometirnes, especially after eating a big meal. It makes me look pregnant again. It sucks. I came across a website that gives you exercises to do to help minimise it, but I have yet to exercise!!

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This is my area of struggle too. The most frustrating thing is my baby is going to be a year and my stomach is still absolutely disgusting to me. 😭 It's poochy and just embarrassing. This is my second baby.

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I have it too. I am currently reading the book Diastasis Recti by Katy Bowman. Amazing. Hoping it helps cuz I am very self conscious about it as well

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It's called Diastasis Recti. I have it as well. I went to PT and they gave me exercises which helped close the gap but mine didn't completely close because I suspect I may either have a hernia in the gap that is preventing it from closing completely.

Google Diastasis Recti and exercises to help close it

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I'm pretty sure I have this too... there's exercises you can research and do to help bring the muscles back together.  I've talked a little to my physical therapist about it too... he said small pelvic movements and to manually push the abs together when doing a small crunch.  You could always try those to maybe help.

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I'm dealing with the same thing. My doctor finally took me seriously and did a few tests. My next appointment we discuss options on what to do. I'm working out with a personal trainer and have noticed it's really painful afterwards.

Stomach muscle separation!?!

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