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Is this diastasis?

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fruityb · 03/03/2019 21:40

I was in the bath on Friday for about an hour. I was off work as had had a migraine and was chilling out during the hangover in the afternoon. When I sat up in the bath I noticed my tummy almost went pointed in the middle - like a sticky up triangle. I remember my tummy doing this when I was pregnant but hadn’t always noticed since as I don’t get chance to sit in the bath as often as I’d like!

My tummy is a mess after having ds. I can’t suck it in anymore and I do struggle to sit up from being laid down.

I had a section and a 9lb 4oz baby with the biggest placenta the midwife had ever seen (according to her!) so know I was overstretched. I wasn’t given any sort of aftercare apart from a leaflet with some exercises on. I’m looking into getting some physio but does this sound like diastasis?

I do have a book on it but I got it on kindle and it’s hard to look at!

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Needallthesleep · 03/03/2019 21:42

From the description it sounds like it. All women get it during pregnancy, mine is 1.5cm at the moment which is ok. There are videos online of how to check (lie on your back, plant your feet on the floor, raise your head to engage the muscles and use your fingers to dig in and feel how many finger widths apart).

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