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The Mommy Pouch Isn't a Weight Loss Problem core recovery diastasis recti mamafit mommy pouch postpartum Jul 29, 2026

A mom DM'd me on Insta last week because the pooch below her belly button hadn't moved an inch even though her bathroom scale told her she finally hit her pre-pregnancy weight. She thought something was wrong with her diet.

Nothing was wrong with her diet. That lower belly pooch usually isn't a wei...

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Nobody Checked If Your C-Section Scar Healed Right c-section recovery core recovery mamafit postpartum scar tissue Jul 22, 2026

A mom in one of our calls told me her C-section scar still pulls when she reaches overhead, three years later. She'd never mentioned it to anyone. She figured that's just how it is now.

It's not just how it is. Nobody ever actually checked.

 

What a C-section actually cuts through

A C-section is...

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How Trauma Lives in the Body After Birth birth trauma core recovery faith mamafit nervous system pelvic floor postpartum Jul 08, 2026

You don't have to have had a dramatic birth experience for trauma to be living in your body.

It can look like a normal delivery on paper and still leave you feeling disconnected from yourself. Like you're here, but not fully here. Like your body is someone else's.

That feeling has a name. And it h...

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Your Pelvic Floor Is Talking. Are You Listening? core centric breathing core recovery diastasis recti kegels mamafit pelvic floor pelvic floor dysfunction postpartum Jun 24, 2026

You laughed too hard and leaked a little. You sneezed and had to cross your legs first. You feel a heaviness down there at the end of a long day that nobody warned you about.

You told yourself it was normal. Maybe someone even told you it was.

It's common. But common and normal are not the same th...

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Your Core Isn't Weak — It's Disconnected core disconnection core recovery deep core diastasis recti mamafit pelvic floor postpartum Jun 17, 2026

You've done the crunches. You've tried the planks. You've been told to "engage your core" so many times it's lost all meaning. And yet — nothing feels like it's working. The pouch is still there. The pressure is still there. The feeling that your midsection is just... not yours anymore.

It's not we...

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