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Approximately<br />
two-thirds of<br />
all women who<br />
experience<br />
pregnancy and<br />
childbirth<br />
suffer from this<br />
condition."<br />
What is it?<br />
Many women are all too familiar with the post-pregnancy belly<br />
bulge that is seemingly impossible to fix with diet and/or<br />
exercise. This “pooch” is actually a medical condition known<br />
as diastasis recti. “Diastasis” means separation while “recti”<br />
refers to the abdominal muscles. The abdominal area sticks<br />
out because the left and right bands of ab muscles have<br />
separated from each other and widened.<br />
This separation is the result of significant pressure on the<br />
abdomen from pregnancy which causes the muscles to lose<br />
their shape. Many times this muscle opening decreases after<br />
giving birth, but changes can take up to a year and often the<br />
muscles do not return to their original position.<br />
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