diastasis recti and slings

I've had a friend who's just had a baby and has diastasis recti (separation
of the abdominal muscles) and has been told by her miswife not to use a
sling to carry the baby in.

Does this sound right? I was never given that kind of advice.

ROSIE

Did you have the same medical condition after labor? It is probably a
precautionso that the mucles heal right.

Tori

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Bonnie 3/20/02
Anna or Xavier due 10/17/04
"Rosie" wrote in message
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I've had a friend who's just had a baby and has diastasis recti
(separation
of the abdominal muscles) and has been told by her miswife not to use a
sling to carry the baby in.

Does this sound right? I was never given that kind of advice.

ROSIE

"Rosie" wrote in message
...
I've had a friend who's just had a baby and has diastasis recti
(separation
of the abdominal muscles) and has been told by her miswife not to use a
sling to carry the baby in.

Does this sound right? I was never given that kind of advice.


Personally, I'd be using a belly binder (probably a rebozo...lol!) and doing
the slings anyway, but I'm a rebel.

Jenrose

Rosie writes:

I've had a friend who's just had a baby and has diastasis recti (separation
of the abdominal muscles) and has been told by her miswife not to use a
sling to carry the baby in.

Does this sound right? I was never given that kind of advice.

I certainly was never told that. I had a diastasis you could drive a truck
through after the twins. It got a good deal better, despite lots of
baby-slinging (and honestly I can't see how you're using your abdominal muscles
any more with a sling than you are just carrying your baby around, maybe less
if anything). It got worse again with my other pregnancy, but c'est la vie.
Never caused me any actual problems, just looks bad.

--Helen (anyone want to send me five bucks toward a tummy tuck?)

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:07:06 +0100, "Rosie" wrote:

I've had a friend who's just had a baby and has diastasis recti (separation
of the abdominal muscles) and has been told by her miswife not to use a
sling to carry the baby in.

Does this sound right? I was never given that kind of advice.

I had (and still have to a point) diastasis recti and have not been
given that advice. It seems a little bizarre to me, the abdominal
muscles aren't really used for carrying a baby in a sling. I was told
to make sure I practiced the stomach exercises I was given (mostly
just keeping myself upright and holding my tummy muscles in as tight
as I could for the count of 5 about 5 times a day) and when the
separation was down to less than 2 fingers I could start doing ab
exercises again (which of course I didn't).


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Cheryl
Mum to Shrimp (11 Mar 99), Thud (4 Oct 00)
and Mischief (30 Jul 02)