If you've noticed a bulge, dome, or what people often describe as abdominal separation after pregnancy, you've probably heard the term diastasis recti. The phrase "abdominal separation" can sound alarming, and I think it sometimes creates the wrong picture in people's minds. Unlike a hernia, an opening or defect in the tissues, diastasis recti after pregnancy is not a tear or hole in the abdominal wall. Instead, it involves stretching and thinning of the connective tissue tha
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