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Why pregnancy can separate your abdominal muscles

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When an expanding uterus simply runs out of room, the abdominal muscles resort to drastically desperate measures. The vertical connective tissue holding your six-pack aggressively stretches and splits right down the middle, creating a condition called diastasis recti just to make structural space.

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