They say that maintaining a healthy diet, getting lots of sleep and practicing breathing exercises can all make giving birth go a little smoother. And while that may be good advice, Alissa Mosca, 33, ...

Seeing that nice six-pack in your reflection is the rewarding result of all your hard work. The visibility of my abs has varied over the years depending on how I decided to eat and exercise around ...

A popped belly button and stretch marks aren’t the only changes your midsection goes through with a growing bump. After giving birth, you might have noticed that there’s a gap between the left and ...

Pregnancy does some pretty incredible things to your body, but for many women, it can also leave you feeling a little unfamiliar in your own skin afterward. One of the most common changes is diastasis ...

More than half of women who give birth experience a condition called diastasis recti, yet many have never heard its name. This separation of abdominal muscles during pregnancy affects physical ...

Diastasis recti is a common postpartum condition where abdominal muscles separate. This can lead to core weakness and a ...

It’s normal for pregnant women to experience separation of the parallel muscle band of the anterior mid-abdominal wall known as diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) — about two thirds of mothers-to-be do.

“Keeping the core engaged will help prevent the separation of the abs that a lot of woman experience during childbirth or at least make it easier to rebuild afterward,” she said. “Often, the ...