Today I am speaking with a returning guest, Lisa Ryan, a former high school English teacher who completely changed her career after the birth of her children. Before having children, she was a competitive CrossFit athlete who then struggled postpartum with diastasis recti. Because of her experience, she became a coach to help women avoid experiences like hers. We hear about her coming to terms with getting a tummy tuck to fix her diastasis recti and how she was completely open about her experience leading up to it. With the perspective she gained with her experience, Lisa is able to empathize with so many women. Lisa is so open about her experience getting surgery and how she’s dealt with it as an athlete. You don’t want to miss this episode! We talk about: -tummy tucks and diastasis repair -sharing her journey -knowing when to have surgery -different types of surgery -expectations after surgery -pros and cons of surgery -setting PRs after tummy tuck Time Stamps 1:00 Introduction 2:58 working out through significant diastasis 7:30 trying to find answers for DR 14:14 sharing her story and helping others 16:19 deciding to have surgery 23:50 collaborating with doctors   30:27 immediately after surgery 40:00 hitting PRs in your 40’s 42:28 Tummy Tuck Rehab 50:00 Questions to ask yourself 55:21 rapid fire questions CONNECT WITH CARRIE IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/ Website: https://carriepagliano.com CONNECT WITH LISA IG: https://www.instagram.com/lisa.marie.ryan/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/lisa.marie.ryan/ Website: https://www.instagram.com/tummytuckrehab/ The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey. This show has been a long time in the making! You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry. If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST! If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)