Just Got Back Into Pole Post Partum 9weeks

ORGANIC ANGEL started this discussion · 3/2/2012

Hey all! I am back! Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy:) I am very excited. I just got an 8 week package again and I am very excited to be back in the pole studio. I was so severely sick on this past Sunday though with a GI bug, that I couldn't make my clases this week :( but I have one scheduled today and I am going to do "homework" w/ my home pole over the weekend. Also lost a touch of flexiblilty. Can barely touch toes and lost my splits. About 2-4 in from floor depending on the day...will get them all back by summer I hope ;) I could invert(sloppily hehe) but lost just about all of my upper body strength! I have set up some goals for myself and I can't wait to work on them! Anyone else returning back to pole post partum or other?

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ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/2/2012
Already lost 30lbs, but my goals are strength, flexibility and tone🥂 Goal of this month specifically: make all of my pole classes and ATLEAST 2days at home "homework" on pole.
Elektra Vallens · 3/2/2012
Wow, you go! I love hearing about women having babies and going back to pole- I want to belive I can do this for a long time to come. Good luck on getting your upper body strength and your splits back!!
ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/2/2012
Girl, us woman can do anything! Our bodies are resiliant. We are made to be strong🥂
polefairy · 3/2/2012
Hey organic Angel, congrats on the baby!! I've been off the pole for 3+ months but my new pole should arrive next week and I'm excited to start practicing again!! Yay!! 🥂
ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/2/2012
Thank you polefairy! A new pole sounds like fun! We will have to make some goals together. I still have to put mine up...so, I'll try to get it up this weekend. I did clear out my guest bedroom, so I can put it in there...I am very excited and I will be in the "beginner boat" almost b/c I have to strengthen my pelvic floor, arms, back and legs...just about everything lol. I'll post pics of progress and maybe vids too if I get that computer savy😉 My mind and body remember how to do the moves but I lost the strength in them. Like I can climb, but only two climbs up. I can invert, but so sloppy...so it will take a lil while. I don't mind though.
ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/4/2012
Pole officially back up!🥂Now to work on it tonight! (we have family over)
AvaBabe · 3/5/2012
I am going to have a baby any day now! Literally! I am so looking forward to getting back into pole and have been contemplating how to go about setting up my goals lately. I know a lot of my upper strength is gone as well a well as my core strength, and well flexibility lol. It's all good though, I know in time with proper training it will come back! Anyhow, I will be following your progress and cheering you on! Congrats on little one!
ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/5/2012
Thank you ninja! Congrats on your baby too! I am nursing so I don't have as much time to play all in one go-but I can play at home. My official time back to pole was two weeks ago. I could sloppily invert! Anyway, I played at home this morning and success. Slowly getting it all back😉 I hope your labor goes well! I think my body took some of my muscle to make our baby lol...so now I'm working on getting it back.I have pole class tonight, so I hope I'll make it!
Sair · 3/5/2012
Congrats Organic! Good to see you back in action!
AvaBabe · 3/5/2012
Thanks! I am super excited for you! I don't have a studio and I am dying to get my pole back up, but good things come to those who wait! I am really glad I have my own though since I will be nursing as well! Yeah, babies take a bit of or bodies, but we are built for that! Again, its awesome that your getting back into your thing, its easy to set ourselves aside when babies come! Happy poling!
ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/6/2012
Our pole was under the bed from 30wks pregnant-10wks postpartum. We just put it up in our spare bedroom. I felt kinda funny this week that I wanted to go soooo bad. I had to remind myself that my baby is only 2 months old, so plenty of time for that. Got into the studio today, yay! Had fun and look forward to my next one tomorrow. Goal this week: make next class, plus gym 2x by Sunday, and stretch 4x by Sunday Don't worry about your pole ninja, it will be there when you are ready!.
poledancing13 · 3/6/2012
organic angel-hello congrats on ur lil one i just had a bby as well and im trying to get back in shape i lost all my bby weigth i just need to get toned and i had purchase a carmen electra pole but it was to lose so im thinking of getting a new one any sugestions ?? and good luck
ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/6/2012
Hey poledancing13! Conrats on your baby too! I would suggest the x-pole static or spinny. I have the spinny. I have seen four people on it before and its the main one used in competitions. If you want something permanent, I hear Platinum Stages is the way to go.The Carman Elektra is more of a novelty gift.
poledancing13 · 3/6/2012
organic angel- aww thanks and have u ever had any problems with your pole ? and yes i learned the hard way lol
ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/6/2012
I originally got a faulty x-joint but x-pole switched it out w/ me.I also needed help putting it together even though the youtube vid looks so easy. Other than that, its been great. I have the 50mm, chrome.
Tali Kat · 3/6/2012
Congrats on your bubby!! How exciting! :D You must be so glad to be back to poling, even if you do have to do some catch up. It must have been hard to go without pole while you were preggers, although I suppose you probably had other things on your mind :P We've just moved in to a new rental house thats having all these continual problems I did NOT know about til we'd already moved, so the landlord is constantly over doing stuff and I keep having to take my pole down so he doesn't see it. Hate it! I just want to be able to leave it up for a while!! Grrrr
ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/6/2012
Hey Tali, thanks! Very happy to be back. My teacher has been very flexible w/scheduling too which has helped so much. I was in the pole stdio 13 days before delivery, but for a photo shoot lol. Other than that, I was 26 wk preg. in studio and officiaaly stopped at home at 30 wks. I was still doing inverts and shoulder mounts when I stopped but I was worried my abs would split or the placenta would be abrupted. Playing catch up now for sure though. Sucks about so problems w, your pad! I still take mine down if my dad comes.
ConsidertheButterfly · 3/6/2012
Hi guys. I'm new to the site but have been following this threat. I'm 8 weeks pregnant and I'm hoping to keep improving on my strength and pole skill as long as I can. I'm hoping I can still build a lot of strength before I have to take it too easy ont he pole, then hopefully maintain the muscle till I can get back on after the baby. Any suggestions from experience on how to continue my pole journey? I'm fairly new, and just now learning how to climb a little, haven't done inversions yet, so I'm thinking focusing on strength and refining what I can already do, maybe progress a little in skill level...and just try to keep my strength up so when I'm ready to lose the baby weight that I still have yet to gain it won't be like totallyl starting from scratch. I'm overweight so I know I can't focus on weight loss, but hopefully focus on strengthening the muscles I need, then with weight loss after the baby my progress in pole will go fast. I also have the spinning X-Pole. For just a little more than the static I can have the choice of it being a spinner or static. I want to get a second one in a year or two and have them up together in my living room, kepe one spinning and one static then I can have a ton of variety as I get good at this :)
ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/6/2012
Congrats on your pregnancy! I started a thread while I was pregnant that said poling while pregnant and I tracked progress on it. I still learned new tricks but while being spotted and telling my instructors of my pregnancy. The toughest moves were the jade spilts b/c my belly stuck out so low. I did not do anything that strickly involved abs. No side pole crunches or fan kicks. It was a lil hard each week b/c I gained a pound or two each week so as soon as I got a move,it would wear me out the next week.(35 lbs gained) I also listened to my body and if I didn't feel up to poling one day/week, I didn't. I didn't push it and I didn't try to push my limits. My body compostion changed while pregnant to maintain the baby so I actually lost some strength in my arms even though I was pulling more weight-but getting it back now😉Anyway, hope you enjoy it and have fun! Good luck on your pregnancy.
ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/6/2012
Congrats on your pregnancy! I started a thread while I was pregnant that said poling while pregnant and I tracked progress on it. I still learned new tricks but while being spotted and telling my instructors of my pregnancy. The toughest moves were the jade spilts b/c my belly stuck out so low. I did not do anything that strickly involved abs. No side pole crunches or fan kicks. It was a lil hard each week b/c I gained a pound or two each week so as soon as I got a move,it would wear me out the next week.(35 lbs gained) I also listened to my body and if I didn't feel up to poling one day/week, I didn't. I didn't push it and I didn't try to push my limits. My body compostion changed while pregnant to maintain the baby so I actually lost some strength in my arms even though I was pulling more weight-but getting it back now😉Anyway, hope you enjoy it and have fun! Good luck on your pregnancy.
Veena · 3/6/2012
Congrats to all you Pole mama's!!!!!! No other exercise whipped me back into shape like pole dance.🥂 Be sure you're taking time to focus on the core (abs AND back). After hauling around our baby belly, we tend to have poor posture. I had mid back pain until I got serious about conditioning my core. Feeding and carring baby tend to make us a bit hunchy too. LOL
eitoile · 3/7/2012
this might be a strange question to post here (esp since i'm not even pregnant at all)... but when you say you're returning to pole post partum 10 weeks... is that with natural birth or caesarean? does one of them have a longer / shorter recovery time and how it will affect your ab strength (presumably with caesarean it will take longer to recover?)
ORGANIC ANGEL · 3/7/2012
Thanks Veena. You are a great person to admire doing pole after four babies🥂 I don't know when you find the time! @eitole, I did not have a cesarean. Also, many people have a natural birth which is where you have it w/ o an epidural or drug intervention. I did have an epidural.I wasn't going to but my contractions were not in my tummy, they were in my hips! It would radiate down and through my hip bones and that hurt terrible. I was 5 cm and gave the go ahead b/c I was trying to push and if I had pushed a baby out at only 5 cm, I would have torn. So I did get it and an hour later, I was dilated enough to push. I am sure a c-section would warrant more time to get back into things. Last week I was sick and I could feel my womb was still sore and I had a sonogram last week too and there is still a thickened myometrium(uterus walls). There would be a lot more tissue that is cut and needs healling w/ a c-section.
PixiLouBell · 3/8/2012
i had two c sections and healing time was 2 months, and still no rigorous exercise for months after that! im very glad i got the bikini cuts so my muscles were not cut! :)
PixiLouBell · 3/8/2012
meant to say it up there then got carried away with c section thoughts, lol, CONGRATS!! :)

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