Interesting!

Having been my wife's caregiver for the past 8 years, I have been sedintary. Since her passing in February, I am now actively exercising and working with a personal trainer to regain my strength and balance. He had noticed that during some of the exercises, I have a "pouch" protruding from my abdomen just above my belly button. I also noticed it when doing some routine crunches using an exercise ball without my shirt on. It was shocking..it is quite large...looks like I'm pregnant, but I'm not a female, so not possible--hah! I have taken some pics and forward them to my Primary Care doc... I have a Telemed meeting with him on Thursday to discuss it.
A retired doctor friend looked at the pics and seemed pretty much convinced it is Diastases Rectus!!

Doing some research on the internet, I found an article from Cleveland Clinic and learned that it is indeed a separation of the "abs"...it needs to be checked by a qualified MD and an ultrasound and CT Scan to determine if it needs to be surgically corrected.
There are some therapeutic exercises that one can do...no crunches or setups!