Diastasis Recti

Sooooo....it turns out there is a reason that I always look at least 5 months pregnant.  Even with the weight loss my waist is still 41 inches, which is huge!  Everything else is shrinking but my waist is barely changing.  It went down a bit, just from fat loss, but the more abdominal work I do it actually seems to be getting bigger.  It turns out that I have something called a diastasis recti, which is a separation of the stomach muscles.  I have likely had it since I had my second child (Olivia) 8 years ago.  It has gotten considerably worse over the years.  So basically no matter what I do it is not going to shrink on its own.  And all of the ab work I've done is actually doing more damage than good.  Most doctors will say that surgery is the only answer but I have heard great things about something called the Tupler Technique (http://www.maternalfitness.com/).  It consists of wearing a belly splint to pull the muscles back together and doing a series of specific exercises.  I am going to start with wearing the splint and doing the exercises for 8 weeks and then see where I'm at.  And I'm not supposed to do any regular ab work so I will have to modify my Curves workout and my aquafit workout to avoid that.  I am very hopefully that this will make a difference and I will finally stop looking pregnant!  I will take before and after pictures of my belly so you can see the difference.