You’ve probably landed on this page because you have a condition that few people know about and you just want help and understanding. Well, I definitely understand, and hopefully, I can help too!
My name is Amy and I have had a diastasis of the recti muscles since the birth of my 4th child back in 2006.
The ever-present diastasis recti "pooch."
There are some great diastasis resources out there, but few address what it is really like to be the woman behind the diastasis.
The honest truth is:
It hurts.
Not just physically, but emotionally.
Knowing you always look pregnant. Knowing the size of clothes you have to buy are not your real size. Knowing your muscles aren’t holding anything in anymore. Being pregnant and worrying that the diastasis will cause you issues that could lead to anything from horrible back aches to unwanted c-sections.
I understand. I’ve been there. I am there.
And I’m on a quest.
A quest to find the best programs, products, and advice for moms who are more than just a collection of flimsy muscles, but rather hurting, yet hopeful women looking for a shoulder to cry on and answers to a little-understood problem.
Posts I’ve written on Diastasis Recti:
I’m Pregnant & Huge!
Pregnancy Support Garments
The Perfect Brace Outside of Pregnancy
Programs I recommend for helping to heal a diastasis recti:
The Tupler Technique
In May 2011, I was given the opportunity to work with Julie Tupler herself!
Links to all the posts I wrote during that time are listed below:
Introduction to The Tummy Chronicles
Week One (the results are astounding!)
Week Two (MORE amazing results!)
The Tummy Chronicles – Week 5 & a Support Group!
The Tummy Chronicles – Tidbits of Wisdom
The Tummy Chronicles – So, I fell off the wagon…
Diastasis Recti Support Forum
{forgive me if I do not respond right away on this forum}
Wow! I can’t believe I found this! Just followed a link over to your blog and then discovered these posts on Diastasis Recti. I just “accidentally” discovered Julie Tupler’s website yesterday! I think I may have stumbled onto something life-changing! I’m pretty sure I have this . . . but I can’t seem to be able to find my muscles. I’m sure they are separated though! I think I recall a midwife mentioning that to me many babies ago . . . not sure which one now!
i have had ten BIG babies (largest was 9 lbs. 12 oz) plus miscarriages. I’ve done sit ups/crunches to no avail and carried car seats with baby in it plus carried HEAVY babies on my hip while big pregnant. I’ve probably done everything I shouldn’t have! 
I’ve also had a hysterectomy for severe uterine prolapse and had extensive anterior and posterior repairs. 
I am excited to learn about this condition and a possible cure! Now praying for God to provide the funds so I can order the book/DVD and splint!!!!!!! thanks for being vulnerable and posting about this!
Elizabeth…Hello! It could be your muscles are so far split (like mine were) that it is difficult to find them. Good luck!
Is having a sore lower back for a few days normal? I started on Monday and my lower back is sore! I am only doing the exercises once a day. I just want to make sure I am doing them right. I would ask on the forum but it isn’t showing up right for me and the right side is cut off, so I can’t push a sent button!
Yes, normal. I’ll check into the forum.
I delivered twin boys Oct 2009, and I just couldnt understnd 3 months after delivery,why my belly was still so high, as if am 6 months prego. On consulting with a Hernia specialist I was told (after he viewed a CD of a cat scan my doctor had done on my abdomen after delivery) he told me i had diass recti, I was like WHATTT! WHATS THAT!! it was only then he explain in regular terms, ‘Abdominal Separation…his solution only a Tummy tuck can tighten back my muscles together, the thought of a tummy tuck, a nother surgery freak me out, not to mentioned the non-insurance covered cost! So now my handsome boys are 27 months old and whenever i go to the mall ppl (mainly women) still asks me if am prego because I have a pouch!! My hubby loves my belly, but honestly I don’t!! I’ve had x 3 pregos all c-sections, and i dont want to go back under the knife again if i dont have to, especially after the twins i bleed prefusely and had to do x 2 blood transfusions. I need some help i tried yoga, and zumba but nothing seems to shrink the bulge
I ran into a woman who recounted for me the tummy tuck procedure she had to repair hers. It sounded awful! You can heal this or at least make it much better! Keep reading!
I just read abt the Julie Tupler, OMG I didnt know that there were so many other mommies ot there in the same boat as I am. I order the ‘Woman Package one from Tupler, hopeing it’ll help me out, as I have a cruise to go on for my 5th anniversay
Hi Amy,
I got my Diastasis Rehab package (Splint, guidebook and LYMT DVD) on Tuesday,
I was so excited I watched the DVD the same day. I am a bit overwhelmed by the task 10 sets each day! OMG…but am committed to seeing it through. I did my first 10 sets today Wednesday 2/8/12 and my back and arms hurts, should this be happening so soon?
Looking fwd to doing another 10 set tomorrow….a quick question, my Splint tends to cringle up (looks crushed up) did yours do this?
May I make a suggestion? This is a subject near and dear to me!!!!!!! It is a (free) exercise that works amazing and that you can add to your Tupler routine. It’s call Organs in Place & Half Frogs. You can find it here: http://www.t-tapp.com/articles/flatstomach/index.html
Blessings!!
Kayla (mom of 3)
Thanks, Kayla! Very familiar w/ TTapp here!
Neato!!! Just stumbled upon you.