Third breast
It seems clear that what I have developed since my gall bladder surgery is something known as 'diastasis recti', most common amongst women who have recently given birth and popularly known as 'mummy tummy' (another feminine feature I could do without). It appears intermittently under certain circumstances as an (American) football shaped protuberance extending between the breastbone and the navel, and is caused by separation of the rectus (six-pack) muscles on either side of the linea alba which is the vertical line of gristle that normally connects them. The effect is painless but visually quite disconcerting, although it seems controversial whether it constitutes or may be associated with a hernia and whether any corrective action is desirable. It is like a sort of intermittent third breast between and below the other pair - I'll see whether I can photograph it.
It seems clear that what I have developed since my gall bladder surgery is something known as 'diastasis recti', most common amongst women who have recently given birth and popularly known as 'mummy tummy' (another feminine feature I could do without). It appears intermittently under certain circumstances as an (American) football shaped protuberance extending between the breastbone and the navel, and is caused by separation of the rectus (six-pack) muscles on either side of the linea alba which is the vertical line of gristle that normally connects them. The effect is painless but visually quite disconcerting, although it seems controversial whether it constitutes or may be associated with a hernia and whether any corrective action is desirable. It is like a sort of intermittent third breast between and below the other pair - I'll see whether I can photograph it.