AHHH! I am 5 foot 2 inches and weigh about 90 lbs yet I have this little belly that makes me look like I am 4 months pregnant! I am 6 months post partum and my muscles are still sagging. I am working out doing ab work and I have seen an improvement but I have this thing called Diastasis Recti also known as abdominal separation. This causes my tummy to pertrude just below the belly button every time I eat something. I have been to my OB about this, a personal trainer, and a physical therapist. I cannot seem to get a straight answer out of anyone. They all tell me “you’re so skinny it’s not even that bad.” Just because I am small and don’t have loads of fat and flab around my post partum belly does not mean that “it’s not that bad.” They all think it’s not a problem because compared to a lot of post partum women my belly is not half bad. I will be the first to admit that it’s not. But it bothers me and it is not “normal.” There isn’t stretch marks, or loose skin like what is expected after pregnancy (thank God). This is a condition that does not happen to most people. I have been told that in time and with conditioning the muscles can get closer together… but that isn’t good enough for me. I want to know (without surgery) if the muscles will go back to their pre pregnancy place with lots of dedicated work and conditioning. Were the muscles ever attached by tendons? Or were they just close together? I don’t know because nobody can give me that straight answer. If they were attached somehow will they ever “grow” back together? I am not being petty or superficial… I am just a girl who wants to know if  I can ever wear a bikini again. I care because that is a part of who I am and who I have been for the past 26 years. I used to have a belly button that was so tight it had that little flap (some get that pierced) at the top. Now it looks like a deflated balloon. When I contract my muscles, it goes right back to normal which give me hope to believe that with more toning it will be ok. I have read other blogs and no I am not alone in this I just wish I could get an honest professional answer.