What is Diastasis? And What You Can Do About it.

What is Diastasis? And What You Can Do About it.

by | May 15, 2019 | Birth You Desire Blog

There are lots of events that change our bodies for us, whether we welcome those changes or not. Take pregnancy, for example. It’s great to grow a human and, well, have the baby — but there’s weight gain and other muscular changes that might happen during a pregnancy. And some of those changes can happen to people who don’t get pregnant, too. One is called diastasis recti.

Where Did My Body Go?

Where Did My Body Go?

by | Sep 1, 2018 | Birth You Desire Blog

I loved being pregnant. I had dreamt being bring pregnant every since I was a little girl. I wanted to be a mother. I wanted to carry, hold, and nurse a newborn. So when the time came and I was pregnant I loved feeling curvy, feminine, and motherly.  I walked everywhere, I gardened, and I nurtured myself.  I enjoyed showing off my form and I dreamed of my birth. Everything I did was focused on the birth, from childbirth classes, prenatal yoga, and infant CPR.  Everything was roses and perfection