I have a diastasis recti, 8-9 fingers wide, If I have surgery now, will I be able to have more kids later?

You can have the diastasis repaired without harming future pregnancies, but it may make more sense to wait until you have finished children.A physical exam would be necessary to make a determination about the appropriate intervention.
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Thank you for the question.I definitely think that you should wait until you're done having children as this issue might not be subtle for your case as is. Speak to your surgeon and find out what other options you might have.Dr. Campos

With a "diastasis recti" 8 to 9 fingers wide I would recommend you have this evaluated to be certain it is not actually a hernia. I personally don't recommend a tummy tuck procedure until you no longer plan on having more children. It is counter intuitive to undergo the expense, risks and recovery of an abdominoplasty if the results will be mostly reversed with future pregnancies. I would advise you to be patient, enjoy having more children, and then reap the long term benefits of a tummy tuck.

Your diastasis can be repaired with an abdominoplasty with rectus muscle plication.  It all depends what your acute goals are.  If you plan to have children then the option that would make the most sense would be to wait and then have the surgery performed.  If you want to have your tummy tuck now with rectus plication, then you just need to understand that you may have recurrent diastasis and looseness of your tummy.  I would also advise my patients to loose weight prior to body contouring if possible.  Best of LuckGaurav

Repairing of diastasis does not impact future pregnancies.  However diastasis will happen again with pregnancy.  Thus it is better to wait till you have had all your children.In an overweight individual we recommend loosing weight prior to operation.  You can not have a good repair if you are overweight.