When I was pregnant with my first baby, my midwife mentioned Diastasis Recti in passing and I didn't really think much of it. I should have looked it up or asked more questions but I was too overwhelmed already... All my midwife told me about it was that I should roll out of bed instead of sit up straight. I didn't really understand what she was trying to tell me but as the pregnancy progressed, I started rolling out of bed instead of sitting up straight.
But by then the damage had been done.
After I became a mom, I was exhausted...but there was something really weird about that. My babies actually slept great after about 8-10 months...they slept through the night fine! And I was sleeping like a rock...But I was still EXHAUSTED. I would wake up from a complete night of sleep, where I hadn't woken up once, feeling like I hadn't gotten a wink of sleep. I didn't know what was wrong but I knew something wasn't normal.
I used to hate exercise...I mean H.A.T.E. it. Even though I knew it was good for me and important for my health!
Fit2B changed my perspective of exercise so that it became a joy, not a burden. It changed my view of my body and what I expected it to look like after a baby and helped me have more grace towards myself and a new confidence in my post-partum body. And it helped me on my journey to healing my diastasis recti....
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