Recruitment is complete for this study
First time Mums
This study aims to follow first-time Mums from pregnancy until 1-year after birth to find out how often rectus diastasis occurs, what risk factors are associated with it, and if it impacts women’s quality of life.
Who are we looking for?
Australian women over the age of 18
First time Mum’s who are in early pregnancy (<15 weeks gestation)
We have completed recruiting participants for this study, and are in the process of following them up. Thank you to all the women who have registered for this study!
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Ethical approval for this study has been granted by the Southern Adelaide Clinical Human Research Ethics Committee (2021/HRE00275)
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