Yesterday I went to see my OB, afraid that I had somehow given myself a hernia. I mean, what else would explain the sore bulge slightly above and to the right of my belly button? During our visit, he felt my belly while I did a partial sit-up (not graceful when you're 23 weeks), and he told me that I have diastisis recti. He also said that the bulge in my belly is a muscle tear, which I'll be more prone to in my abdomen from the muscular separation. GREAT.

Well, anyway, I wanted to know if anyone else around here has diastisis recti. It would be cool if any of you have been postpartum already with it, too. Will it affect how I exercise after birth? Will my muscles ever come back together? I'm just completely curious about where I go from here. All I got from what my doctor said was that during the rest of my pregnancy I should take it easy on my core (avoid lifting heavy objects, for example) so I don't tear more or cause a hernia. But what about after????