Diastatis Recti (Mummy Tummy)

After Vince was born via C-section I felt like I had zero abdominal strength! It was crazy, I could barely lift myself up. My strength seemed to come back pretty quickly but one day I was lying on my back and lifted my head to look at my stomach and I could literally see a crevasse between my abs!!! It was creepy looking and even crazier to feel. I could fit like 2 fingers across between my abs. I talked with some other moms and they said it would heal over time and with exercise mine is slowly healing. I can still fit 1/2 to 1 finger length in between but it's much better and my stomach is almost back to normal. BUT in the meantime I was looking on Pinterest and came across this blog talking about Diastatis Recti and it was explaining what I had. During pregnancy and childbirth the abdominal muscles weaken and can cause this splitting of the muscles making the "mummy tummy" and this gap, making it hard to get rid of the belly. The tricky part is, that traditional crunches won't do the trick! This blog has some ab exercises you can do to get rid of that tummy and heal those muscles!! http://inspiredrd.com/2012/06/dear-diastasis-recti-im-so-over-you.html