4 more diastasis questions and "taking a break from rehab training"..will it set you back to square 1?

The Healthy Post Natal Body Podcast

In this week's episode I am lucky enough to answer several great questions from someone who emailed in.
Here are the questions I was asked;
1. I'm not sure I'm doing the home workouts right. When there is a spot that says "breathing (lying)" or "(standing)", does that just mean I do the upward motion breath that many times while lying or sitting? (I explain why we do this) And am I supposed to breathe up from my lower abdomen as shown in the breathing video every time I exhale in an exercise?

2. So, I was super diligent the first 6 weeks, but then I had a whole bunch of things come up right after the other and I've been pretty inconsistent for the last 6 weeks. I got all the way through weeks 1-4 and noticed a huge difference in strength and my diastasis gap and then got half way through weeks 4-8. I've done the workouts off and on since then but my gap seems to have digressed and gotten bigger... is that possible or am I imagining it? And if it is possible, how do I stop it from spreading apart again, are there certain motions I just can't do anymore?

3. Are the exercises you have us do in this 12 week program safe for early pregnancy as well, or just for postnatal?

4. And last question, how will I be able to tell once my body is strong enough again and how can I know that my diastasis is healed? (Since it's apparently normal to have a small gap there, I'm not sure how to tell once I've achieved a healthy level of separation.)

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Chapters

1. Core Breath Benefits and Techniques (00:00:00)

2. Managing Diastasis Recti and Exercise Progression (00:09:17)

3. Diastasis Healing and Strength Building (00:20:59)

4. Survival Through Music (00:29:01)