I am blowing my nose and my stomach is going the shape of a toblerone

[FrannyandZooey]

will bad things happen if I carry on?

lol,

no I don't think so!

so my insides aren't going to burst forth in a triangular fashion?

it does feel funny

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I think they were ok, well I thought they were
it's just it all goes a bit poppy out looking doesn't it
if I lean back or anything

I think if yours do it pruni it may mean yours never went back together after separation?

thank you cali
problem is I am hungry now

iirc, I used to get a triangular tummy when I sneezed or coughed when preg with DS, as the muscles, suc as they were, tighteed, I am sure you'll be fine.

Oh God mine did this when I was pg with DS. Went back to normal afterward birth though.

When are you due Franny?

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Sorry for typos, DD drawing round my hand as I typed!

LOL at 'ds drawing round my hand'

MamaG, July 4th

Pruni did you just EAT an exceptionally large toblerone?

Mine does the same, at least it shows you have stomach muscles.

Oh, I have this at the mo. I'm really snotty and it's driving me insane. I also get that toblerone look when I turn over in bed or try to get up.

I had that whenever I tried to sit up. DH thought that it was hilarious that we could actually see my stomach muscles parting company. I do wonder if they ever made it back again, but no point in wondering now that I'm pregnant again...

Hi all.
It's called Diastasis recti: here.

I had it when pregnant, but only know the real name for it because DS was born with it. His belly still does the 'Toblerone' thing (great description!) and he's nearly a year old.

hold on
in that link they describe it as a defect and a disorder

how else is my uterus meant to grow to the size of a house - my stomach muscles NEED to get out of the way

it's normal surely? I was just worried about straining something by excessive nose blowing

God I had forgotten about that This happened to me, getting out of the bath was a strange experience

I think if it happens all the time it is a disorder, when PG it is a natural thing.

Aha! I know this one.

It means your stomach muscles have separated. It wouldn't be your first choice, but it's not that bad. I had it first time and again now. It was a bit scary after having dd when the midwife put her WHOLE FIST between the muscles to demonstrate... uhh... actually, maybe she was just being mean.

DO NOT TRY TO RECTIFY THIS WITH SIT-UPS!!!
I mean, you probably wouldn't while pregnant anyway, but afterwards, don't do sit-ups. Sit-ups make it worse and harder to rectify.

My physio explained the best exercise to fix it thusly: You are wearing a bikini and walk from the changing rooms into a crowded swimming pool. Everyone turns to look at you. What you are doing with your tummy muscles - that's what you need to do, but not really tight all the way in, just mediumly. You can do this while preg and afterwards.

but it's really NORMAL
isn't it?
how do you have a baby WITHOUT your stomach muscles separating?

yes

It is normal IMO

In my extensive experience as the Mother to 1 DD it is normal.

Lots of things cause it. DP got a bit freaked out one night a few days before I was due when we were (ahem) trying to induce Labour

oh, it's surely normal when you're pregnant. My midwife said that it mainly happens if your stomach muscles are either weak or really strong, like ballet dancers would be more likely to get it.

I think it's more of a "defect and a disorder" when applied to newborns, DS's doctor told me that in some babies it's so bad that the muscles don't hold the intestines in, in which case they would have to have an operation. DS just has the toblerone thing, as I said, so he's fine, though he does have 'Bauchwanddefekt' written in his health book (we live in Germany- doesn't it sound scary written in German?)

Oh dear I have the most awful Bauchwanddefekt. I first noticed it when I sat up in the bath in August 1994 whilst seven months pregnant. It's never gone away despite another pregnancy, a few stone of weight loss - and I don't even like Toblerone.

Bauchwanddefekt sounds TERRIBLE
no I do see in little children etc it is a problem
and I know for some women it doesn't go back of its own accord after pg

It's funny though, it's only after I got a name for it from DS's doctor and put it into Google and got lots of "you were pregnant now your tummy is a mess" type websites, that I realised that's what I had had (still have) while PG.