I have now completed the Core Foundations Online Program and as promised, here is an update.
Overall, I have been AMAZED by this program. My attitude when I started was cynical but hopeful: I had read many positive stories but I didn’t think that The Tummy Team could help ME. It would be fair to say that the last eight weeks has been challenging and at times overwhelming but this is far outweighed by the sheer amount I have learned about the core and how it works, the support I have received from The Tummy Team and so many other women I have “met” along the way, and the emotional reconnection I have felt with the middle of my body.
Around week 3 of the programme I realised that the constant tension I had felt in my lower and upper back was completely gone. Many people have commented that I look really well but can’t pinpoint why and I think that maybe my posture has changed as a result of working on some chronic posture issues. Also (and this may seem like a weird thing to say to anyone who hasn’t experienced birth trauma or an issue with their core) I feel connected to the rest of my body. I have accepted what my body has been through and am working with it rather than against it.
This leads me to perhaps the most exciting result of all…..
my diastasis is healing! Properly and awesomely healing.. I started the programme at 5/6 at the top and am now a 2/3, a 6/7 in the middle and am now a 2/3, and a 3 at the bottom which has now COMPELTELY HEALED.! Such a huge amount of change in such a short amount of time. And as a little extra bonus have also lost 2 inches around the middle. Yipppeeee!
I have also come to realise that completing the program is just the beginning of my journey. I am still wearing a splint, I have a Skype session to book and am now signing up to Fit2B. I have a long way to go to complete healing but I now KNOW that I can fully heal. I look forward to updating you more on my progress soon.
To read more of my story and for information on birth, breastfeeding and family life seewww.tinkmoo.co.uk.
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