Ahh this makes me so full of joy to hear from you that you've done my 12 Week Post Pregnancy Plan three times out of your four pregnancies and healed your Diastasis Recti each time doing the plan! You sharing with your pregnant/postpartum friends means so much to me, thank you Caprice and well done to you!

How long are the workouts generally?

That’s amazing! Thank you for sharing.

There was certainly a gap on youtube and I'm always trying to fill in those educational needs and fitness gaps! Thank you for being part of this glowbodypt community, I am grateful for you Eva!

Jessica, it's Ashley! Congrats to you on your first pregnancy. Women like you are exactly who I serve, so welcome! How many weeks along are you?

Karen, what a testimony that you birthed 9 babies and followed what I'm advising here! Congratulations on being a birth doula now- I had a doula for my first 2 babies and it was a GAME CHANGER for confidence giving birth vaginally. You will be making concrete, lasting, memories and influence in mothers' lives. Thank you for recommending my Free Prenatal Program to your ladies. Link to save time: WELCOME! All of your concerns resonate with me and I am so honored to have you here and to be your trainer - it is not a responsibility I take lightly. Be sure to snag my Free Prenatal Program now if you haven't taken advantage of it yet! www.glowbodypt.com/prenatalworkouts

how many pelvic tilts per day you think??? thanks

so nice to meet you, Summer, as a fellow military veteran and female athlete! Congrats to you on your healthy pregnancy, I'm excited for you! And yes- this is Laurel, she was born 2 months ago (shared her 1 week and 6 week postpartum updates on here too if you're wanting to follow along).

Mellie, it's Ashley. Just wanted to thank you for being here. Congrats on your pregnancy!

God is so good, yes ma'am. : D Congrats to you on your 4th and I'm honored to be your trainer, thank you for this opportunity! If you haven't watched my new vid yet, I think it may resonate with you too: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hamdYLurrsy6hZc.html

Woman! 4 mo. pp and back to your pre-pregnancy weight! Congrats to you. I am so happy to hear you loved what my 12 Week Post Pregnancy Plan did for you and you're already headed into the 10 Minute Plan Phase 1. : D THANK YOU for your support and for sharing with like-minded, hard working women, I appreciate you!

Summer congrats on 6 weeks pregnant and being due late August! I am honored to have you here & look fwd to following your healthy pregnancy journey : )

Really glad to hear this was valuable for you Stefka and congrats on planning for your next pregnancy. Be sure to snag my Free Prenatal Program when you need it. This will save you time, stress, brain-work, and just give you peace of mind that you are training your body at an optimal level to stay in outstanding shape and set you up for an even better postpartum recovery on the 12 Week Post Pregnancy Plan. Here's the Free Prenatal Program: www.glowbodypt.com/prenatalworkouts

great, thank you so much@@glowbodypt

Congrats to you already being in outstanding shape and 13 weeks into your pregnancy! This is what you need: www.glowbodypt.com/prenatalworkouts

Denise, congrats to you on 3+ months along in your healthy pregnancy. You ABSOLUTELY will be able to tighten and tone your abs postpartum. Here's my experience recently after delivering my 4th baby, Laurel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNVyqdZh2MXZkmw.html

Monique, it's Ashley. Congrats on 17 weeks along with your first baby! I am honored to have you here. If you haven't already, go snag my Free Prenatal Program to keep you on track and safe www.glowbodypt.com/8minuteworkoutchallenge

Ashley, welcome and I'm so glad you are here. God's timing is always perfect. I understand you've been doing rectus abdominis training specifically 2-3x per week in addition to your main workout pretty consistently (you sound motivated and I admire that part - you're in the right place because my programs are SPECIFICALLY for hard working women who want *more* than stretching/breathing routines that treat you like you're broken). How many weeks along are you in this pregnancy?

I'm grateful to have you here. What's your first name? How many weeks are you right now?

@@glowbodypt my name is Blessing and I am 19 weeks !

I'm so glad you watched this and will be able to share with your friends who also workout. Healing Diastasis Recti is what I specialize in and I really care about empowering women to feel and look their best in the bodies we have been given.

Glad it was helpful! How many weeks are you right now, and what number baby is on the way?

Glad it was helpful! Congrats to you on your pregnancy Katrina.

You are so welcome Lien! If you haven't already, be sure to snag my Free Prenatal Program here: www.glowbodypt.com/prenatalworkouts

Jackie you are the best! Thank you SO MUCH.

Awe I'm so glad this was very helpful for you Annie!

thank you Elizabeth!

Yayy! Lilith, you have my Free Prenatal Program, right?? www.glowbodypt.com/prenatalworkouts

@@glowbodypt Yess! I’m loving it ❤️❤️❤️ thank you for making something so amazing accessible for everyone!

That's okay if it's not for you. I come from a professional athlete background and I serve women who already worked hard pre pregnancy and desire to keep training hard in a safe way.

Hey Alice, congrats on your pregnancy! Great question - 2x per week is adequte for maintence throughout your entire pregnancy. To make anything a routine, it's best to have a plan. Do these before your workout on Monday and Thursday weekly and that's all you need to get the intented effects.

Alex sorry I missed your question earlier! Tracking you are about 32-33 weeks now. You actually should NOT be doing ab workouts later in 2nd or 3rd trimester, so if you are doing any, you'll want to stop. Even obliques should be done no more than every other week in 3rd trimester. We will do all the healing you need postpartum on the 12 Week Post Pregnancy Plan.

You're welcome Jen. : )

AWWE your comment made my day! Major congrats to you on staying so fit and healthy 35-ish weeks into your pregnancy, that says a lot about you. If you wouldn't mind copy/pasting your comment to Google glowbodypt reviews or Facebook glowbodypt reviews that would mean so much to me for other women to be able to read your experience with my plans.

Yes it is a good idea post c-section! But you must wear it above the incision site. Watch this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJaqZbJ1m97QgXU.html And my other fav, the 3 piece from amazon is also linked to my website (easier and faster to use-- more dummy proof when you're in a rush) www.glowbodypt.com/products

Hi Claudia, it's Ashley. Congrats on 7 months along in your pregnancy and staying so fit! Shoot me this via email and we will talk about it together in more depth! ashley @ glowbodypt . com

She needs my free prenatal program. She will start exactly where she is at 20 weeks (or her exact week). It is incredible and you will not find anything else like it online, and it is all for free as my way to bless expecting mothers. www.glowbodypt.com/prenatalworkouts

Yes, hoola hoop is safe as you heal your DR with DR safe exercises that get harder over time, taking a full body approach like you're doing!

You should do it 2 x per week. Set your phone or watch timer for 4 minutes. That's all you need in addition to following my FREE Prenatal Program. Congrats to you, Orsolya! www.glowbodypt.com/prenatalworkouts

@@glowbodypt Thx a lot.

It depends! How far pregnant are you, or how far postpartum?

31 weeks pregnant

Hey Dasha! You can snag my free prenatal program on my website: www.glowbodypt.com/prenatalworkouts

Yes! It does not matter how long ago your pregnancy was! I am almost done with the plan and my gap is almost closed!

Don't worry babe! I've had a small once since Gavin, my first baby. It's EXTREMELY common for moms (especially lean moms). No exercise contraindications unless you have complications and my 12 Week Post Pregnancy Plan will be absolutely ideal for you to close down your ab gap, even with a bit of an umbilical hernia.

@@glowbodypt Thank you for your response! I got back in contact with my Ob and he told me there was nothing to be worried about. Turns out I have a few friends and a sibling with one! I'll definitely keep you on my watchlist for now. Look forward to your program once baby is born

Oh babe, no! That would be so miserable. Remember WE ALL get DR during pregnancy, all of us. I work out right up until the end. The key is to not exasperate it and make it worse than it needs to be. Follow my free Prenatal Program here www.glowbodypt.com/prenatalworkouts

Yes you are supposed to engage your abs when doing pelvic tilts but not when you're getting out of bed. Rather, use your arms and legs to get out of bed.

Of course there is hope for you! The widest I've known of on my plans thus far is 6 finger gap - mom of twins. My triplet moms never measured theirs before, only after, so I'll never know what they started with! What if you got your 8 finger ab gap down to a 3?! Wouldn't that be massive reason for celebration? And maybe with more time (6 months of DR safe training on my plan verses 3 months) you could get it down to 2. I'd love for you to FOLLOW UP with me too because you could be inspiration for other moms who have extremely severe DR and need pictures and stories from YOU. You could be that inspiration to so many! Find me on @glowbodypt instagram and stay in touch. I want to see your journey start to finish. www.glowbodypt.com/12-week-post-pregnancy-plan-2

Right here Lauren: www.glowbodypt.com/12-week-post-pregnancy-plan-2 and as of just 2 weeks ago, it now *comes with* my new Mom Cookbook that just launched, as a bonus!! It's amazing. : D

@@glowbodypt thank you! I just purchased it :)

If this is your first pregnancy, I'd keep doing those through 2nd trimester if I were you. However if this is not your first pregnancy past 17 weeks then you may consider only doing push ups against the wall now. It sounds like your abs were very capable pre-pregnancy (able to do a plank for several minutes tell me you had a great deal of stability -the ability to resist movement, but doesn't tell me about your abdominal strength necessarily- which involves movement.) Regardless of how strong you were/are though, you will get DR during pregnancy because it's not a lack of strength that's the issue, it's an integrity issue during pregnancy that causes the gap to occur in all of us. This video simply advises how to REDUCE its impact and not accidentally make it worse. When you aren't sure, ere on the side of caution. :) Postpartum I'll get you back on track with confidence following my 12 Week Post Pregnancy Plan.

Thanks! It's my first and I'm trying to avoid DR and I know some who haven't gotten it so fingers crossed. I finally found the gap which is less than a finger and solid between. I'm going to keep going till I notice coming or issues with my form and definitely stop by the third trimester. Probably do modifications with a belly band in my third trimester or just bird-dogs and modified crunches (see article I shared ;-). Thanks again for the great info I'm doing to get my hubs to watch this video so he can periodically check my form when we workout together.

Congrats on 26 weeks along! I definitely have DR by 26 weeks and the majority of women do. You cannot change your Diastasis Recti until your baby is delivered, and we will restore the integrity of your core then on my 12 Week Post Pregnancy Plan. It's super easy to follow, just click and go workouts from your phone/laptop/can be on your big screen TV. I too have had scoliosis since I was a teenager and I feel for you. We are all just doing the best we can with the bodies we were given. I'm confident that even with your major back issues, you WILL make progress postpartum at closing your abs back down and flattening out the stomach.

@@glowbodypt I didn’t know you can change your DR after baby is born no one told me they just said to wear a belly band to help with the pain for now

Yes! Come chat with me here on youtube (i try to get back to as many comments as I can!) Or, iht me up in Instagram direct messages instagram.com/glowbodypt or Facebook message, also GlowBodyPT . : )

Do it 2 x per week, 20 repetitions, taking your time to do them correctly and that's all you need!

@@glowbodypt thank you so much for responding!!! ❤️

Are reverse crunches safe with diastasis?

You need these videos: How to Know if your Diastasis Recti is Healed (because it's more than just gap, it also depends on integrity and how your stomach is functioning) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jM16fNZ1r77Vl2Q.html Also watch this one....Worst Exercises for Diastasis Recti (reverse crunches are not good) : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbGef6moy7PUdYU.html

Yes you can! I started her prenatal program about 20 weeks. Felt like my labor went really well because I was in good shape

@@5555555553885 thank you!

Hi RueMinty, it's Ashley. I want to offer you an alternative perspective, but you are welcome to find a trainer you prefer anytime. Here's why I share: I 100% believe in the effectiveness of my plans and I'd be doing a disservice not to share about them because they save women time, prevent stress, eliminate mistakes, and they simply work extremely well. If ladies don't know what I offer (remember not everyone watches every single video...this may be the only video they have ever seen) then they will never know what exists for them, or how to get it.

I'm so glad you took the time to watch Ronja! I'm here for you and genuinely really care about women getting results and feeling your best.