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TBH I have no idea how you can tell during PG, they just said stright away from looking at my bump and they way it went to like a cone shape when my muscles tensed.
Post pregnancy though you can tell my lying on your back and tensing your stomach muscles if you feel down the middle with your fingers running from the bottom of your rib cage to your pelvis you can see if their is a gap, This gap should eb less than 2 finger widths. Its very important that you dont rush into doing any heavy exercising like sit ups, crunches etc untill this gap has been closed up, for which their is a number or gentle exercises you can do, if you still have a gap of more than 2 finger widths after 8 weeks post birth, get refered to a physio.
The link hypnorm posted was really helpfull, if not try googling it, you will find loads.
Post pregnancy though you can tell my lying on your back and tensing your stomach muscles if you feel down the middle with your fingers running from the bottom of your rib cage to your pelvis you can see if their is a gap, This gap should eb less than 2 finger widths. Its very important that you dont rush into doing any heavy exercising like sit ups, crunches etc untill this gap has been closed up, for which their is a number or gentle exercises you can do, if you still have a gap of more than 2 finger widths after 8 weeks post birth, get refered to a physio.
The link hypnorm posted was really helpfull, if not try googling it, you will find loads.