What are the symptoms of Diastasis Recti?
One of the many things new moms can face after birth is Diastasis Recti. I had personal experience after my fourth pregnancy when my abdominal separation was 4 fingers wide.
Diastasis Recti is widening of a gap in your abdominal muscles, exactly between the two sections of your Rectus Abdominis, or what should be your six-pack.
The widening is happening at Linea Alba, the connective tissue in the middle of your abdomen.
When it is widening of 2,5 finger or more after 8 weeks postpartum then this is something that won’t just heal by itself.
Most moms realise they have diastasis after they just can’t get rid of their post-pregnancy belly.
There are some symptoms that you might experience that can be the first sign of Diastasis Recti:
- Your belly appears bigger than it should be, you seem like 12 weeks pregnant at least
- Pooching or dooming or bulging on your belly especially when you are getting up from lying position
- Mummy pouch that you can’t get rid off
- Back pain
- Core instability and feeling like your intestines are going to drop out
- Week pelvic floor muscles and peeing in your pants when coughing or sneezing
- Feeling like you are bearing down and like you can’t keep a tampon in
- Pain in your tummy and pelvic area
Diastasis Recti is not only bad for your looks, it can actually be a big problem for your entire body. Diastasis is a sign of a weak core and almost always associated with week pelvic floor muscles.
In the long term, this will cause your entire core to become weak and unstable, it will keep putting pressure on your pelvic floor muscles and causing problems like back pain, incontinence, hernias and prolapse.
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