{"id":2007,"date":"2021-07-21T13:05:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T13:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.mutusystem.com\/en-uk\/?p=2007"},"modified":"2026-08-09T20:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:36:24","slug":"want-to-lose-your-mummy-tummy-5-facts-your-doctor-your-gym-instructor-wont-tell-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-uk\/want-to-lose-your-mummy-tummy-5-facts-your-doctor-your-gym-instructor-wont-tell-you\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Mummy Tummy Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did you know that the name &#8216;MUTU&#8217; originally came from &#8216;mummy tummy&#8217;? We have lots of affectionate names for our middle after having babies. Mummy tummy, baby belly&#8230; Whatever you call yours, name it with love. That tummy did an amazing thing and deserves respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s some top-line truth bombs, with links to more detail where you want it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mummy tummy fact 1: You might have diastasis recti (and that&#8217;s ok)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tummy that still looks pregnant some months after it&#8217;s not is&nbsp;often related to diastasis recti or abdominal separation. You&#8217;ll find a ton of <a href=\"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-uk\/diastasis-recti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">diastasis recti information<\/a> in our resources section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hard ab work isn&#8217;t the shortcut, but it isn&#8217;t the enemy either<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sit-ups and crunches won&#8217;t give you a diastasis, and they won&#8217;t make an existing one worse. That&#8217;s what the current research (2026) shows, and this advice has evolved over the last decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What they will do, if your deep core and pelvic floor aren&#8217;t yet working well together, is create pressure faster than your body can manage. You&#8217;ll see doming along your midline, or feel heaviness lower down. That&#8217;s your body telling you the load is ahead of where you are today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shortcut everyone wants &#8211; harder ab work, faster results &#8211; is the one thing that reliably doesn&#8217;t work, because a tummy that still looks pregnant is usually a core that isn&#8217;t yet working as a system, not a core that&#8217;s undertrained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Build the foundations first. Then everything else becomes available to you again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Rightforyou_Horizontal_pink-1-1024x392.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fact 2: Sucking it in won&#8217;t help, and isn&#8217;t &#8216;engaging your core&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We hear all the time &#8216;engage your core&#8217;. But often don&#8217;t really know what that exactly means. Is it sucking in your tummy? Pulling your abs in hard? Holding your breath?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sucking in your stomach to make it appear flatter is a habit you probably don&#8217;t even know you&#8217;re doing. It&#8217;s really common and ingrained for many of us. But contracting any muscle all the time won&#8217;t make it stronger. Just like your pelvic floor, your abs muscles need to release and lengthen, as well as contract and shorten, in order to be functional and strong. So try to let that fabulous tummy of yours just&#8230; breathe. And learn <a href=\"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-uk\/postpartum-exercise\/how-to-engage-your-core\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how to engage your core effectively here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mummy Tummy fact 3: Your abs and your pelvic floor are &#8216;connected&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you had a c-section or vaginal birth, however your birth went, and however long ago it was, your <a href=\"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-uk\/pelvic-floor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pelvic floor <\/a>is part of your core rehab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your &#8216;core&#8217; is not just your abs. It&#8217;s made up of all your ab muscles including the deep<em> transverse abdominus, <\/em>your diaphragm, the <em>multifidus<\/em> muscles of the spine and your pelvic floor. They&#8217;re all part of the same integrated system. So your mummy tummy is affected by the function of all these muscles and structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fact 4: You likely do NOT need surgery to correct a diastasis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In most cases surgery is not necessary to repair or narrow a diastasis recti separation. Where foundational core rehabilitation (like MUTU) or pelvic physiotherapy cannot restore function and tension to the connective tissues at the front of your abs, it may be. But this is rare, and should be assessed and advised by a Pelvic Health Physio only after restorative work has been tried. More on <a href=\"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-uk\/diastasis-recti\/diastasis-recti-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">diastasis recti surgery here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fact 5: Diastasis Recti is not the only reason for your mummy tummy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diastasis recti gets blamed for a lot. But it&#8217;s really not all about the gap. Nutrition, tummy fat, digestive issues, posture, breathing and the way you move all affect how our stomach appears. More on <a href=\"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-uk\/alignment\/whats-alignment-got-to-do-with-diastasis-recti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alignment and how it affects your tummy here<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-uk\/mutu-food\/lose-your-bulge-not-your-curves-the-truth-about-the-fat-around-your-middle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">understanding the fat around your middle here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that the name &#8216;MUTU&#8217; originally came from &#8216;mummy tummy&#8217;? We have lots of affectionate names for our middle after having babies. Mummy tummy, baby belly&#8230; Whatever you call yours, name it with love. That tummy did an amazing thing and deserves respect. 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