Diastasis recti is a thinning or separation of the linea alba. Symptoms of diastasis recti in men include: Men tend to feel abdominal wall separation more in the upper part of the abdomen area ...

The bulge occurs because the linea alba — the connective tissue holding the left and right sides of the abdominal muscles — thins and separates. "This allows the abdomen to 'pooch' out in ...

One of them is the expansion of the muscles in your abdomen: As your pregnancy progresses, the right and left sides of the rectus abdominis muscle separate while your linea alba (the tissue ...