THE VAGINA DIALOGUE

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

The birth process is a journey that is affected by both the mind and the physical body. One influences the other, just as gears movement affects the motion of the one beside it and thus the others, the mind influences our hormone production, which influences the uterus contraction, the cervix softening and the dilating. Our mind is the main player in our nervous system that's responsible for both voluntary and involuntary muscles contractions, relaxation and tension. Thus, I