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Sarah Rose Siskind

A Biohacker Gives Birth

My six-pack began to disappear in the fourth month of my pregnancy, with the final pack officially vanishing in week 15.

My disappearing abs were just one of many demoralizing trade-offs my career as a biohacker took when I got pregnant. Since adolescence, I have been genetically blessed with visible abs. While I would like to credit my hard work, six-packs are mostly just the product of weight distribution and low body fat. You cannot control where your body adds fat, even subcutaneous fat. But optimizing my body's performance has been a delightful hobby since the lockdown, when I locked in on biohacking.

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