Pregnancy is a beautiful period of nine months where a life is growing inside your body. During this whole process of nine months, your body goes through several changes.
Harmonal changes, food craving, mood swings, nausea, back pain, hair growth, skin color changes and one of the main changes of all is Abdomen separation.
This is a natural process where your abdomen muscles expands and make space, for giving space to the growing uterus and let your baby grow in the uterus. This abdomen separation is also known as DIASTASIS RECTI, normally abdomen muscles get it back to normal position after baby is delivered.
But in some case gap remains and can be seen as a bulge in front.I really wished to know this information before my pregnancy, so that I might have taken proper measures to avoid chances of getting Diastasis Recti.
But came to know about this when I started exercise and yoga after few months of delivery. So I felt like sharing this with all my friends who are planning/going to be new moms and one who have their little ones too.
What is Diastasis Recti?
Abdomen muscles separation during pregnancy is technically known as Diastasis Recti, during pregnancy as baby grows in uterus it puts pressure on abdomen muscles.
Due to pregnancy hormones connective tissues are relax and soft, so the abdomen muscles separates without and damage or tearing and allow space for the growing uterus. Abdomen separation of muscles starts from third month of pregnancy and at times after delivery too, when the abdomen walls is weak and baby is also not there to support the abdomen muscles.
Symptoms of Diastasis Recti after pregnancy
- You can experience lower back pain.
- Pelvic pain.
- Unable to control urine leakage during sneezing or coughing.
- Protruding pregnancy like belly after pregnancy.
Factors that can cause abdomen separation more
- Being overweight before or during pregnancy.
- Poor postures while siting, standing, walking, carrying weight and even while sleeping during and after pregnancy.
- Pregnancy with multiple twins.
- Getting pregnant soon after first baby.
- Not doing proper exercise.
How to know you have Diastasis Recti?
- You can contact your doctor if you have any of the above symptoms.
- If you want to check at home then click here .
- Lie down on the floor folding your knees at 45 degree and back and feet relaxed on floor. Now you have to check from ribs to pubic bones. Now stuck your chin to your chest and try placing your finger from rib bones to pubic bones. Step by step, you can feel gap of one,two or three and more fingers. It would feel soft at that place, if you cannot feel the gap, relax and try again after some time.
- If the gap is less it can be cured with some regular home exercise, if the gap is more you need to check doctor for proper way to cure.
Can it be cured?
- Yes it can be taken care with proper exercise routine as suggested by doctor.
- Maintaining good posture before and after pregnancy.
- Trying to maintain normal weight and taking healthy diet.
- If you have Diastasis Recti from first pregnancy, try to recover with doctor help before planning next baby.
- Sharing some exercise, I am following Click here.
I hope this information would be really helpful for all moms and can help getting your body back in shape.
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i know a friend who had diastis rectii and what started as a joke about her flabby tummy turned to a nightmare for her when she found out she had this issue. but luckily she found out in time and started working on it. your tips for doing a self check are very useful
Earlier the better..hope she is better now!!
I guess I had it too! Because my bulge never went away and I was not even aware of this !! Thank you for sharing this, i will be sharing this with my pregnant sister <3
I also have it to some extent,but it can be cured with some daily exercise
Oh never heard or even knew about this. Now i think i should chk with doctor if the belly i still have is normal or need special exercises.
Yes it’s always good to check
absolutely this was most informative article on this topic ,i shall share with my friend who is pregnant
Thanks for sharing,this is really important for all women
Super informative post for the new moms. I wasn’t knowing about this at all
Actually I was also unaware of this and this made me think share this to all
What a wonderful article, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it as I had never heard about it before and it caught my attention instantly. I would love to share around for ppl to get aware of it.
Thanks Manjusha, hop this help all
Wow. I never knew about this or even read about this in past. This is such an informative post for new moms who might be going through this.
Thanks shalu, I really wish I should have known this before my pregnancy
This is such an informative post on Diastasis Rectii, Neha.
And it’s going to be useful for a lot of moms & moms-to-be.
thanks Ashvini, I really hope this helps many
Women are more susceptible to develop diastasis recti when over the age of 35, high birth weight of child, multiple birth pregnancy, and multiple pregnancies. Additional causes can be attributed to excessive abdominal exercises after the first trimester of pregnancy. Your post would be help to many.
Yes hope it would help all
This is such useful information for pregnant and new moms. I also came to know about Diastasis Recti only after 6 months after my baby was born and my doc suggested some exercises to cure it. I didn’t go for next check up and I totally forgot about it later. Now, will check this again and continue my exercises.
Yeah same I also got to know little late and so thought of sharing
This is a great post. Women ignore themselves post birth and consider their back pain as a side effect of birthing. They hardly get themselves diagnosed. I hope this reaches to a lot of moms.
Yeah after being mom, all attention is for baby, hope this helps all women
Well written post. Many new moms are unaware of diastasis recti. Your post would be help to many.
I had no idea about this! A very helpful post and a simple way to check and understand if you are suffering from Diastasis Recti
Had absolutely no clue something like this exists medically. A big abdomen after pregnancy is taken as such a natural thing. Good to know it can be cured. I do wish more doctors educate the women who consult them.
Yes I too wished this information should be given before pregnancy also, so that we can take care of all .
That’s quite and informative post, I never knew about abdomen muscle separation after child birth. Overweight is a big issue and helathy life along with exercise seems the best choice.
Yes it’s really sad that we are unaware of such important issues
this is a very useful post and should be followed by all after post pregnancy.
This was a very different post. Wish this information was known earlier. Great work!
very informative post for all new moms , as many moms are not aware of this problem.
Nice and informative article.
Had no idea about abdomen separation. It’s so important to spread awareness about this! In any case, the importance of good posture can not be overstated. It’s significant otherwise too but all the more important during pregnancy.
Abdominal muscle separation is quite a common issue which women are generally not aware of. It can be treated. Thanks for providing so much information about this issue.
That’s a very informativeand helpful post for new moms. Will share this post with my friend who recently delivered baby.
This is actually one of the most informative post I read today ..Thanks a lot for sharing this piece of knowledge!!
I didn’t know about abdomen separation. Helpful information. The video.is helpful too.
I had no idea that there was even a situation like this. Most moms suffer from some of these symptoms but don’t know what its called. Thanks for sharing.
I think every Mom to be should be made aware of this. So many of us don’t know what to do of the bulge that appears after delivery. After 6 weeks of delivery, my gynae told me to start exercising. Not many mothers know when is the right time to start.
Thanks for sharing the information post unfortunately many people in India consider it to a small bump which happens post pregnancy. Thanks for sharing the workout
I never have read post about abdomen muscles separated after pregnancy, I thought it is natural process after c-section it is impossible to get back in shape. I will read all the related post to know more
This information came across as completely new to me. I wish people talked more about it. Your post will sure serve as extremely helpful for women out here. Can’t emphasize enough on the significance of good posture throughout our waking time.
Such amazing info for new moms. The tips will be really helpful
Wow very well written post with great pictures. will help a lot to others to understand this procedure. #surbhireads