Anyone had diastasis recti surgery?

[littleraysofsunshine]

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I didn't know you could get surgery, mine wasn't too bad so I managed with lots of exercise to strengthen my core.

Do you mean a hernia repair on the NHS or a tummy tuck?

I'm having a hernia repair that I suspect is because of the stomach muscles separating, but the diastasis recti surgery has not been discussed. I suspect it won't be offered on the NHS unfortunately.

On nhs. Not tummy tuck.

What do they do in the surgery? How 'bad' does it have to be to need surgery?
I'm starting to realise a few people are having operations to repair issues that I'm just putting up with.

It's the damage to the split muscles but also hernia (umbilical) but it's got to be done with no more pregnancies in mind.. I can't make that choice at 24 ;/

Muscle separation of 2 fingers or less is considered normal anything above that requires physio or surgery. I had about 5 fingers I think I am about 3.5-4 now. My GP during 6 week check said that if a year later it did not resolve I will get key hole operation to close this gap. This surgery is often performed during tummy tucks because most people have loose skin along with the muscle separation.
Now if there is hernia as well recommendation would be to fix it right away as your intestines can be pinched and that is life treating but not sure if it is the same if you still having children. So pretty much if I give myself a hernia my split muscles will be repaired sooner otherwise I have to wait a year even though I would rather have it fixed ASAP.
NaturalBaby, I learned that you have to push NHS to do anything. I would recommend trying to figure out how big is your gap, there are videos on youtube telling you how, and then go to GP. The least they can do is set you up this some physical therapy rounds.

Had mine done as part of a tummy tuck

Watching with interest. Separation of 4.5 here

Also interested in the responses.. am tired of looking 4-5 months pregnant even with a BMI of 21. I'm currently pregnant with our last (DC4) and 37 so definitely no more babies. I had a 9 finger separation after DC3 but at six months post partum got it down to 4-5 in a month or so with the Tupler Technique, then decided to concentrate on the weightloss for a bit. I knew we were going for DC4 very soon so didn't bother trying to close the gap any further.

This time round as it's my last I will obviously see how far the Tupler Technique will take me and if it won't get any narrower than 4 fingers, look into surgery

my physio said that they do not recommend getting pregnant until muscle separation is resolved, either brought to 2 finger width or less. Crispy, how is your pregnancy going are there any issues related to the muscle separation?

I didn't know about it before I had DC3 so I would have been getting pregnant with a larger separation in the past I am sure as I know with hindsight I would have had it then too.

I have SPD and lower back pain but I always have that in pregnancy, even my first when in theory nothing should have been split. So I don't think it's made any difference that I know of.

sounds all right crispy. May be she told me that to scare me off of having more children.
We are done at 2 anyways. Sometimes I contemplate if we could have one more, we have a really nice girl's name picked out but in reality we could not handle one more... not physically through pregnancy and not mentally after.
I hope your recovery is fast.

Thank you, so do I! I have all sorts of issues I am determined to tackle once this baby is out the way that there was either little point, or not allowed to (surgery etc) before.

It's hard if you're not 200% sure you're done to know what to do as regards the future and things like that. Closing the door by having surgery only recommended when you're "done" feels so final. I am very lucky I always had four in mind and no more and that is what we are (fingers crossed!) going to get.