Every MotherReviews of every-mother.com

This app has been amazing! I’ve had three abdominal surgeries from overexertion, the last resulting in complete reconstruction, and this is the only app that seems to really understand the protection of the midline. All with complete re-strength training. I highly recommend this to any woman, as there is not a lot of knowledge out there about diastase recti and how to strengthen that area safely!

I'm enjoying the program and it does seem to be fairly effective. I'm thankful to have exercises particularly designed to address my condition. I've also learned how to get up and down safely from Every Mother. I feel it's a little overpriced; I would stay registered longer if it were a $10-$15 price point per month. One programming improvement that could be made in the app is if I've already completed my activities for the day and marked them as done in the app-the reminder notification should not still appear.

Easy to use. Love this program. I'm going into my first birth feeling confident in my body's ability to labor well.

I was intrigued by this program after hearing about it on NPR. It sounded like just what I needed to get back in shape, 2 years post partum. Ironically I had my annual OB/GYN appointment early in the series and I asked my OB to gauge in DR. She referred me the pelvic floor specialist within their practice who actually explained my pelvic floor was weak (despite having no urinary incontinence). Until those muscles are repaired, it’s difficult to repair DR. I’ve been doing the EM core workout daily along with the exercises the pelvic floor specialist gave me, and I believe doing both together have significantly healed my DR. All that to say, DR needs to be managed by a professional and not guided by the app alone.

I'm enjoying the app and the exercise routines available. It's been a nice way to work on my diastasis recti, and get back into shape after pregnancy, safely. I enjoy knowing that all the workouts are approved for my current status. I started out using the guided path schedules, but have found now that I prefer to just pick what I want to do based on how I'm feeling and how much time I have available since schedules with a young baby are so unpredictable. Occasionally, I have issues with the videos when I pause them and want to restart them. It's also difficult to scroll through back to where you left off if for whatever reason you have to exit the video part way through.

Beware their annual subscription - they don’t notify you that they are renewing, charge you for an extra year, and then won’t refund you the full amount. They charged me a $44 “quarterly” fee instead of the full $119 after I caught the charge on my credit card statement within a month and actually emailed them (hard enough to do with a new baby on my hands)! I’m honestly surprised I even caught the charge. It just feels dishonest to not let a customer know they’re being recharged. Apparently you need to go into the app and check your subscription status in order to figure out what your status is (who does that, especially if you aren’t using the app in the first place?) That’s a low integrity move towards your customers.

I get mixed messages about diastasis recti. Every Mother says it can repair it... several highly regarded surgeons and physicians I've consulted with say that it's a "snake oil" sales pitch -- that it can give the appearance of closing the gap by strengthening other muscles, but that ultimately there is no full remedy except for surgery. I'm inclined to believe the physicians because (1) the EM research is spotty and there isn't enough transparency around the participants and their individual diagnoses/progress and (2) the Reclaim program has not worked for me and I've completed it many times with extremely high fidelity -- every workout, every day with only occasional misses (which I made up ASAP). I even did the second Reclaim path, and while I enjoyed the workouts and the benefits of fitness, it did not make any difference for my DR. And yes, I am recruiting the deep core muscles! I am an extremely fit person (prior to my twins I used to run 2-3 marathons/year) and I cannot imagine a person with more discipline committing to this program. So it's not a failure of understanding the technique, or following the program precisely -- it just doesn't work. I plan to continue using the app because I do like the workouts. But I have come to peace with the fact that it doesn't deliver on its core promise -- to resolve DR.

EM had helped me tremendously gather my core strength back, even 8 years postpartum. My back is much stronger now too. Would recommend to anyone looking to gain core strength.