Why is this a secret? I wondered. Why aren’t obstetric offices plastered with articles about diastasis recti?
B y the time I was 15 years old doing 300 sit-ups a day was just one part of my exercise regimen. As befits a fitness buff my abdominal muscles were as tough as a brick wall.
After my first child was born the brick wall was gone. I tried every ab exercise that exists dieted like crazy biked and walked but with zero success.
After my third child was born things escalated.
“B’shaah tovah!” strangers “congratulated” me on the “impending birth” during those weeks and months postpartum.
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