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When a lady uses to get pregnant, she also experiences a lot of changed with her body. Hormonal changes occur during this stage. Along with that so many bodily changes also occur during this time and diastasis recti is one of them. as far as the diastasis recti is concerned, this is all about complete or partial separation of your rectus abdominis or which is called as the six pack muscles that use to meet at the midline of the stomach. This type of bodily changes can occur during the pregnancy and also can remain after pregnancy. This occurs as the uterus start to expand and so does the muscles around the abdominal region. This type of change occurs in your body to accommodate the growing baby in the mother’s womb securely and properly. But due to these changes, diastasis recti like problem can also arise. In order to deal with it, you must use the diastasis recti corset.
By Bellefit5 years ago in Viva
How Becoming a Mom changed my Relationship with my Body
It took me a long time to get in sync with my body, and longer still after I had our baby. Growing up, I had a bad hormone imbalance. It made it impossible to lose weight, I struggled with terrible periods, mood swings, and acne, and just never felt comfortable in my own skin.
By Leah Harris5 years ago in Viva
Free the Pill
I received a helpful text on my phone one day. “Text REPLY to refill your prescription of [norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol tablets].” Not sparing a second thought to the ease and convenience of my modern life, I texted back and expected to be able to pick up my prescription of birth control later in the day.
By Rachael Dunn5 years ago in Viva
Selfies, Fat, Sweat and Tears
[Please excuse the number of selfies in this — I’m trying to demonstrate a point] When I turned 30 something crazy happened — my twenties had been wrought with insecurities surrounding how I looked, my teens even more so but suddenly I didn’t really care anymore. In fact, when I looked back on my twenties and earlier, from my thirties I wondered why I was bothered at all — I wasn’t half as bad as I was led to believe, or more importantly, had come to believe. In fairness, I didn’t regularly start wearing make-up till I was 25 and had no actual skin routine till I was even older than that. When I look back though, I can see how outside influences had an impact on me when I was gullible and naïve and how I gave other peoples’ opinions much more value than they were worth. And now I dress whatever way I want, covered in tattoos and giving way less of I shit about it… or so I thought…
By Caroline Egan5 years ago in Viva
Top 5 Dumbest Questions I’ve Been Asked as a Tall Woman — Body-Shaming Includes Height
Warning I’m not pulling any punches in this story, so somebody could get offended by some of the things that I have to say, and if that’s the case, then: Sorry, not sorry!
By Audrey M.5 years ago in Viva
A Nurse Called Me "Heavy" During My Pap Smear Exam
Yes, ladies, you read the title of this article correctly. (I say ladies because I doubt any guys will read this because "Ew!" right?) Two days ago I went in for a routine pap smear test. And while spread eagle with the speculum inside me, the nurse on the side of me handing the doctor the swabs, made a comment about me being "heavy".
By Lizzy Heartwood5 years ago in Viva
I am naked
There is a mirror in front of me. I have been standing here for hours, naked and alone. The house is empty, everybody is at work and I am home. I am fat. I am unemployed. Even though it’s daytime it's still incredibly dark with the curtains closed and so every light in every room is on and I am standing in the hallway in the cold. Even though the windows are shut, I feel like I'm freezing, there is a vicious frost at my toes. February sends chills up my fingertips and into my shoulders, there are goose bumps cascading across the very large mass that is my upper arm on either side of my body. A fit of shivers pass through me and when it is over I have a heightened consciousness of the thing I am contemplating in the mirror.
By Sharla Bean5 years ago in Viva
To Shave or Not to Shave: Armpit Hair and How We’re Brainwashed
Let’s talk about armpits. Specifically, let’s talk about why women shave their armpit hair into (temporary) oblivion. And by “talking”, I actually mean “let’s think about this”.
By Maria Shimizu Christensen5 years ago in Viva
Probiotics: Turns out, vaginas are complicated. And brilliant.
"The vagina is a self-cleaning oven. Just leave it alone." Sounds familiar, right? I can still hear the words of my sweet-spoken professor, dropping this pearl on our women's health class, providing a valuable, yet simple, principle with which to guide our patient care. As NP students, we were taught to respect the body's ability to keep the vaginal peace. If a problem arose, we were trained to identify the condition, treat as necessary, and then advise the patient to resume leaving her vagina the heck alone. Don't flush it, scrub it, powder or perfume it. And the whole "yogurt-a-day-keeps-the-gyno-away" thing? Science wasn't supporting this, either. Gynecology professionals and governing health organizations had traditionally stood by the idea that there was no consistent evidence supporting oral probiotic efficacy for maintaining vaginal health and balance.
By Stephanie Williams5 years ago in Viva
My Height is Not My Identity
In men, height is usually an attractive quality to the opposite sex. If a man is tall, he must be an athelete. Football is everyone's best guess. And if he's not an athelete? Well, he still towers over most people. And thats a bonus, right? But why? Why do women like being the smaller of the two? Eve had one more rib than Adam, and yet, it is what we look for in men. More. More height. More muscle. More masculinity.
By L Ren5 years ago in Viva
Racially not belonging
I recently took a chance on something that made my heart flutter and the wings beat me to death. I’m an entertainer. I believe in bringing smiles and laughter to life because I am too aware of how difficult life can truly be. We all pursue dreams and endure intense tribulations; but my path is my path. When I chose acting, I chose a world of chaotic happiness. I work incredibly hard to build my career at least until an accident I had that altered my course temporarily. I taught myself how to walk again without my doctors because unfortunately the doctors I was assigned to held an disdainfully supercilious nature to me as a patient. My medical insurance was exhausted and all I had was me. I went from having a cane to walking, pole dancing, rock climbing, kungfu and more. Obtaining the fancy luxury of having an agency is not an easy task. You have to play match maker with yourself and hope that the other person likes you. It is a far more intense version of going out on auditions. I have the twisted luck of being prominent; and not always for a good reason.
By Cadma5 years ago in Viva
I am loving her
Why am I disliking the woman in the mirror? There is absolutely no reason why I should. However, I see her flabby underarm and the cellulite on her stomach, the oversized love handles, and that flab in her abdomen above her c-section and they disgust me. Years ago, she was somewhat fit, and I was a bit more comfortable with her. I say "a bit" because I admit that I still saw her many body imperfections: she still needed some tighter abs, glutes, and legs to be attractive.
By Jara Rios Rodriguez5 years ago in Viva