Waist experiment

[amazondotmom]

What do you think about this……

I have Diastasis recti and it is from the bottom of my sternum to an inch or 2 below my belly button. I finally figured out why my belly button is not an "inny" anymore! I have been doing the Mummy Tummy exercises and using the splint for the last 3 weeks. I have seen a difference! My question is this, the Tupler splint itself is too small to cover my waist adequately, I thought about wearing something like this while I exercise to hold in my waist tightly while doing ab work and to help make me aware of keeping proper form:

http://www.spanx.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3053554&cp=2992553.3010023&parentPage=family

I truly believe that I can turn things around. I have not gained any extra weight since my third and my waist popped back after having 2 kids 18 months apart. My problem was that I worked my abs incorrectly before and after my pregnancy which exacerbated the problem. What do you think?

 

[tneah]

You should ask Cathe, she has the same thing and has talked about in the Ask Cathe thread!

 

[happy mom of 3]

I'm pretty sure I have Diastasis recti. Never knew what it was until I started reading some of the posts on this forum. I wake up in the morning with a flat stomach, but I get bloated as soon as I eat and my belly button pops out. This didn't happen with my first 2 kids, but I'm thinking it's because I had kids so close together (3 in 3.5 years)

I'm not familiar with Mummy Tummy exercises or the Tupler splint. I wonder if all the ab/core work I'm doing is making the problem worse. I'm willing to try anything to get rid of this. I have about a 25 inch waist, so I'm not sure if the Tupler splint would be something that would work for me or possibly the spanx idea.

 

[amazondotmom]

Wow 3 kids in 3.5 years! My first 2 are 11 and 9 and all I did at the time was the Firm and Cathe step tapes. My 3rd is 2.5 and my workouts consisted of Turbokick and Cathe tapes. I think that because I used heavier weights and did alot more core work I trained my muscles wrongly during and after my pregnancy. I never had a problem with the Firm (there wasn't alot of weight used 35lbs max) and I did very little core work. My waist is 26 inches and the Tupler splint needs to be longer to cover my long waist. I am sure it is working because I don't pop out as much at the end of day. I just want to find something that will be longer and just as effective. I am sure I can make it better, I think it helps to have something push you together while doing ab work. I just think there needs to be more solutions than surgery!