Diastasis Recti And The Pressure To Love A Broken Body

Michele Merritt
18 min readJul 5, 2020

When the best path to healing is surgery, you need support, not shame

Photo by Arren Mills on Unsplash

I’ve had two kids and I’m approaching 40 with rapid speed. My partner and I are definitely not having anymore. I’m one of those annoying women who got back to pre-pregnancy weight very quickly after both babies. I’m an avid swimmer and triathlete. Still, I’ve decided to get an abdominoplasty, also…

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Michele Merritt

Philosophy professor. Adoptee. Advocate. Activist. Marathon swimmer. Cheese consumer. I write about dogs a lot. michelemerritt.com