C-Section question

Hi Ladies, this is a vanity question. I was wondering if anyone knows of some good ab excersises to rebuild your muscles after a c-section. I think someone reccomended a book a while back that had some but I am so brain dead right now I forget. TIA Kristi

 

Hi Ladies, this is a vanity question. I was wondering if anyone knows of some good ab excersises to rebuild your muscles after a c-section. I think someone reccomended a book a while back that had some but I am so brain dead right now I forget. TIA Kristi

 

I am sure there are plenty of great crunches you can do! I have heard that the twin skin is hard to get rid of and lots of times results in a tummy tuck.

 

I think the book you're referring to is "Lose Your Mummy Tummy" by Tupler. I have it - it's "ok". Good principles, but very hard to implement, such as remembering to hold your stomach a certain way before you sneeze (who can do this?) or holding it a certain way before you get out of bed (who can remember to do this at when you're babies are crying in the middle of the night?) She does have a few good suggestions for exercises and is a proponent of binding.

 

I don't knwo of any but I wanted to add to make sure you are all healed up (inside and out) before you start any kind of exercise program.

Good luck!

 

My abs have never been the same since my abdominal surgery. Seriously. Reverse crunches, though. Those are pretty good.

 

There is a GREAT book called "Bounce Back after Baby" It is great. Make sure before you start ab work to check if you have Diastatis. That is very important because if you do abs when you have it, it makes the condition worse. (Little did I know when I was doing abs a week after my c-section!?!?) Google it for good directions...I cannot explain it well, but it is easy to find out if you have it.

Anyway, great ab work if you do not have diastatis, are planks. You can modify them very easily until you get stronger. The thing I have that worked best (still working on them!!!!!!) has been running. I thought my abs were still fairly strong, but when I started running again, I was shocked how weak they got during my pregnancy. (and, I did abs everyday during my pregnancy)

Another easy, but effective exercise, is while laying on the floor - imagine squeezing your belly button to the floor and hold for 10 seconds. Repeat that 8-10 times. Also, while you are feeding or changing the babies or whenever, suck in and hold it as long as you can...then, repeat.

ok, enough from me - got to go do some planks! ha

jen

 

My abs bounced back perfectly after my c/s with DD. I worked out until the very end of my pg with her, and at about 4-5 months PP, my body looked just like it did before getting pg.

This time around, I can feel that my abs are separated just above my belly button, and I have that lovely twin skin. Things will never be the same again. I told DH to save his pennies so I can get a nip and a tuck someday.

 

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Make sure before you start ab work to check if you have Diastatis. That is very important because if you do abs when you have it, it makes the condition worse.

Yes, this is very important. Get the ok from your doc. If you have diastasis (seperation of ab muscles) and you do abdominal workouts it can make it worse. Your tummy will look really funky then!