Hope For When That Diastasis Recti Will Not Close! - Fit2B Studio

Oh Carisa, you have been greatly misled, just as I was for so long…and I have a BS in nutrition and exercise science! My body, my journey and my stomach are proof that what Beth teaches is not a lie. After carrying my second I had no idea the severity of what was going on with my stomach. Turns out it was a 6 finger wide and very deep diastasis which split me from ribs to pubic bone. I went from an incredibly active fitness instructor, half marathon running woman to someone who was broken and confused. I had doctors telling me my weird stomach was due to having kids and nothing except surgery could fix it and that would have to wait until I was done having children. I thank God everyday I found Beth. She taught me so much about what I could do to heal my body. Did it happen in a week? Did it happen in 3 months? No, but with the CORRECT education and a commitment to moving my body everyday the way it was designed to move (not the way society and technology has taught us to move) I did heal. My gap closed completely above my navel and was (I’m pregnant right now 🙂 a 2 at my navel and 1.5 below. I have since competed and placed in 2 triathlons, ran several races, hiked, swam with the US Masters and more. My journey consisted of Beth’s workouts, physical therapy with The Tummy Team, a whole lot of paying attention to how I move throughout my daily life (Katy Bowman has an excellent blog and many books on this), and most importantly avoiding movements and exercises that make diastasis worse. Now that I’m expecting again I’m starting to realize even more how broken I was with my 2nd pregnancy. I’m so much stronger this time (no back pain!!!!!!!!!!!) and while my separation is coming back a bit I have FULL confidence that I know how to keep my belly strong throughout the pregnancy and birth, but I also know how to allow my body to heal and reconnect with my core after baby. Will I be completely healed after 6 weeks? No, but I’m ok with that because quite honestly that’s very unrealistic for anyone. I’ll keep happily journeying along knowing I finally have the correct information about how to truly strengthen and heal my core. Thank you Beth and team for all you do and good luck to you, Carisa, I hope you find what you’re looking for!