Seperated stomach muscles post natal?

Question

Hi, I had my first child october last year, he was a rather large 9lb 6oz baby boy. During my pregnancy I was told that my stomach muscles had separated, the midwife gave me little information and told me that afterwards I might need an operation to put them back together again. I was seeing a physio nearly every week for the first 3months, she told me that my muscles had separated by 5inches!! She gave me exercises to do, I started to do them but found that I got sciatica from doing them. The physio told me not to do them and told me to buy a toning belt. I was wondering if this had happened to anyone else and how long did it take for your muscles to go back together ad it's been 10months since I had my son and my muscles are still 2inches apart!! And did anyone else use the toning belts and how effective were they? Thank you

Answer 1

That happened to me, mine were about 4 inches apart and I didn't really do the exercises :s too busy with two children lol  but now they are almost back together (6 months later) I just do the odd lot of sit ups now and then. Hope you  get yours sorted, the toning belt is worth a try :)