10/03/2026
The ‘mum pouch’ isn’t a flaw. It’s anatomy.
That soft lower belly you’ve been told to “fix” has a name, and it has a job.
This is not passive fat. It is hormonally active tissue.
During pregnancy, oestrogen deliberately increases subcutaneous fat storage in the lower abdomen.
**A quick note - don’t confuse this with diastasis recti. Abdominal separation more commonly occurs above the navel and presents very differently. What we’re talking about here is subcutaneous fat - a completely separate and normal anatomical feature. Let me know if you want me to talk about this more in the comments.
Your body changed during puberty.
It changed during pregnancy.
It will keep changing.
That is normal human physiology - not failure.
The industry invented a problem and sold you the ‘solution’.
Your body was never the problem.
