Has anyone had a problem with their stomach muscles not closing properly after a c-section?
Oh Lord yes, I can really empathise with you. I carried my boy really high until the last month, when he dropped like a stone, taking my stomach muscles with him. There were problems late on and I had a c-section – the thing is, you have to be really careful with stomach exercises, as just doing things like sit ups, especially too early, can open them even further, apparently. All’s not lost, though – what I did, was give it a good four months (I’m assuming you’re in the UK?), got signed off by my Health Visitor, then our local council (Hailsham, East Sussex) gym does a post-natal course called ‘Mums on the Run’ – I think this might be a nationwide thing. They have qualified trainers that take you through exercises designed for your situation and they monitor you all the way through, too. It really worked and made a huge difference to my confidence – I’d been devastated that people were congratulating me on being heavily pregnant three months after giving birth! I might be able to root
