This is the sixth post (Week 15 in the series "What you don't expect when you're expecting". First off, what is diastasis recti? DR (I’m gonna be like all the cool researchers and abbreviate, because diastasis recti is a lot to type) is the widening and thinning of the connective tissue around and between (the linea alba) your 6-pack. It can occur for a number of reasons, but most notably, it happens during pregnancy. TIP: Click any of the following Myths to read more about t