Hi everyone

So for those that might not remember,I went and got a second opinion on my poochy 5 month pregnant belly in a different state after two failed FTT's with MR and I was told I had a diastisis again and that it cannot be fixed even with surgery HAHAHA. They were worse than the answers I got here.

Anyway I decided against getting another surgery because I didn't really want mesh and I am super duper worried that I will just end up with the same outcome as the others so...I decided to try the tupler technique.

I have been doing the tupler technique with splinting for 2 weeks now and I cannot believe the difference it has made already.

I have lost an inch off my waist already and I no longer have a pooch,I am super flat. I also have an innie belly button and the BEST part is......I can no longer make the midline bulge,how awesome is this.

So I intend to do keep doing the tupler technique for another 4 weeks with the splinting and excersises and see what happens after that.

I will post pre and updates pictures from doing this technique soon.

Have an awesome day/night everyone!!

Wow I am sooooo happy for you!!!!! I will have to google that.
I felt so bad for you
Please keep us updated.
I'm sorry for my posts being so short lately,I post alot from my phone.

OMGosh you made my night!!! I am so very happy for you! This is just the best news, and I am so glad this has worked out for you. Good for you for taking matters into your own hands and giving it a shot and now it has worked.

Yay!!

I hope you post pics soon!

You've been through so much...now in time for summer you are where ya want to be.

Jenn, I love your posts and am so glad you are here and short or long posts don't matter one bit - it is just great to have you here as always!

Awww Paige,you are so kind I always feel bad that my posts are so short but it's hard to post from my phone. I can't get on here from work and I rarely get o the computer from home anymore. I an going to try to more often though

Oh Gosh, what do you mean your FTT/MR failed? How far after you had the surgery did you notice it failed? How did you know? Oh my now Im really feeling down. I am 16 days po and have really down days. I have been wanting this for so long and to know that it might not work. I feel so bad for you, Im sorry.

Glad to hear you are improving!

jobragidi wrote:Hi everyone

So for those that might not remember,I went and got a second opinion on my poochy 5 month pregnant belly in a different state after two failed FTT's with MR and I was told I had a diastisis again and that it cannot be fixed even with surgery HAHAHA. They were worse than the answers I got here.

Anyway I decided against getting another surgery because I didn't really want mesh and I am super duper worried that I will just end up with the same outcome as the others so...I decided to try the tupler technique.

I have been doing the tupler technique with splinting for 2 weeks now and I cannot believe the difference it has made already.

I have lost an inch off my waist already and I no longer have a pooch,I am super flat. I also have an innie belly button and the BEST part is......I can no longer make the midline bulge,how awesome is this.

So I intend to do keep doing the tupler technique for another 4 weeks with the splinting and excersises and see what happens after that.

I will post pre and updates pictures from doing this technique soon.

Have an awesome day/night everyone!!

Oh dear me, I didn't realize there was a chance that this wouldn't work... I am new here could you please tell me more about what happened? and what is the Tupler Technique?

Awesome news! I can't wait to see pictures. You've given me a lot of hope that I can turn my tummy around too.

two weeks after tupler

Hi all,

To the worried ladies, please dont work yourselves up,apparently it is quite rare for an MR to come undone,i just happened to be one of those cases. I knew both times by 4 weeks something wasn't right and definitely knew it wasn't swelling by 6 weeks,it was my own body and i knew something wasn't right.

It wont let me add an "after tummy tuck,before tupler technique picture",so if u want to see before look at my previous posts with attachments...

I'm so glad the tupler techinque is helping you!!!!

I went and looked it up...when i started reading it, the site said almost all abdominal exercise causes the separation, including planks and pushups. is this true????

i had heard that about crunches so i wasn't going to avoid doing those...but i wanted to really start doing pushups and planks (i'm not hitting 6 months po)...now i'm afraid to do any ab work.

any ideas on whether planks, and pushups are safe???? i didn't order the video so i don't know what exactly the techinque is. i sure would hate to create a separation by doing planks and pushups after going through surgery to fix the separation.

any advice would be appreciated!!!

Hi Sarah

Planks and pushups are fine but they say not to do flat planks early on because all your internal organs are then resting on your abs. They say to start with wall planks or leaning half up on a couch if that makes sense. That isn't on the site but that's what I've read in tupler technique forum topics.

Sit ups and crunches are a definate no no! I suppose until your abs are completely closed.
We don't actually plank with the tupler technique. I lay on my back and pull my belly button in as far as it can go then kinda pulsate it back 100 times each time. I don't know how to describe it right. But so far it's working.

Thanks so much for responding (despite the numerous typos i had)!!! i'm trying not to be OCD about everything, but it's so hard to figure out what's okay and what isn't. this board sure is helpful!

Keep us posted on your progress!!

jobragidi wrote:


Sit ups and crunches are a definate no no! I suppose until your abs are completely closed.
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I agree, although I'd say never do them again! After my MR separated, I started doing tons of research on what types of ab workouts I could safely do. NO WAY on crunches! I will never do them again. They actually work to make a diastasis worse.

You know, so often we learn so much when we have some kind of problem. Yours was much more severe than mine so no comparison, but we've both learned some valuable information to last us a lifetime, from doing research. (that's how I feel with the rebounding and all the health benefits other than swelling. If I had not been swelling at 15 months still, I never would have started that up).

Amazing! I am so happy it is working for you!