I think I've got diastasis recti, what do I do?

[fairgame84]

I'm 5 months pp after 2nd baby. Vaginal birth, uncomplicated.
I've lost my pregnancy weight but cannot shift my belly.
Anyway I've done the thing where you lie down and raise your shoulders and put your fingers between your stomach muscles and there is a definite gap. Probably 1.5-2 fingers.

Do I contact the GP? Or is it private physio or just exercises that you find online?
Would using a slendertone be ok?

I desperately want my body back, it's really getting me down.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/baby/support-and-services/your-post-pregnancy-body/

I had NHS physio for this but you could get the same results just looking up exercises on YouTube, they just showed me what to do then I had a couple of follow ups where they checked the gap had reduced.

I was told never to get up from lying down on your back, always roll on to your side first.

Have you done Pilates before? The exercises were all starting from engaging abs then taking legs to tabletop, I think I did toe taps, can't remember what else. You need to diligently do 10 mins twice a day but it worked for me. Do search specifically for this condition though as some ab exercises can make it worse.

Thankyou.
I've done pilates before but it says to avoid planks etc.
I've been Googlng like mad and I think I've got it but then I'm not 100%. I had the coning in pregnancy and the weird belly button thing in pregnancy. I've just sat up from lying down and there's no doming. Some web pages say a gap of 2 fingers or less isn't classed as DR. It might just be stubborn flab 😳
I guess the DR exercises won't hurt, whereas the abs exercises could make it worse.

The lovely Lindsay does loads of post partum stuff she's great on diastasis:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpa0d6IJAhbjxlK1l2-WcD5F64jNg58t0