Hi! Seeking similar experiences and if anyone found a path to resolve this.
I spend the first 1.5y postpartum doing daily pelvic floor exercises at home. This helped me close my DR gap from 4.5 fingers to less than 1 finger gap.
I gained 48lb in pregnancy but I lost it all, I'm at 136lb, at 5'4 height.
For 6 months I did HIIT exercises at home 2x/week and for the past 5 months I've been doing strength training in a gym (every day is a different focus: core, lower, upper, full body) about 4x/week on avg plus introducing running 2x/week.
After all of this... I cannot see measureable improvements in how my core changes when bloated. It's like I have not done any core exercises at all since birth. It inflates and looks full again.
What am I missing? Is a tummy tuck the only way here?
Thanks!