JenGwen323 started this discussion ·
Hi, My pole buddy is now prego and her OBGYN wasn't much help when she asked if it was safe, specifically about inverts. I thought that cradle might, ironically, be a bad idea as it puts pressure on the belly. Any other no-no's? Anyone have tips for safe poling while pregnant? Thanks!
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Hopefully Veena chimes in. She has four kids I think - her youngest is the reason we have this site!!! 😂
Here's a section from vertical dance on poling and pregnancy, and i think there are a couple of threads for it in health and fitness. Are You A Student and Pregnant? If you are new to pole, a student in a class situation or learning from home think about what you are doing carefully and I would recommend stopping certainly by 20 weeks if not far sooner. For the first trimester you Should be ( that is if your health provider say its ok and you have no pregnant complications) fine continue maintaining your moves, You should defiantly NOT try out new inverted moves and you should be carful as you will be feeling many symptoms of pregnancy that make you feel unwell, dizzy and even uncoordinated, while it will generally take a massive trauma too loose your baby, the first trimester is the time where miscarriage is most likely, so I would advise you take up another form of fitness if you can. During the second trimester you may start feeling better, how ever your body is beginning to change shape, which means your centre of gravity is changing, which can make you off balance. Huge changes are taking place, the effects of a hormone called relaxin are coming into effect. Your ligaments and tendons (amongst other soft tissue) have become soft and loose in preparation for the widening of the pelvis for the birth of your baby. This makes your joints unstable and you could permanently damage your joints by either lifting too much weight( your body) or over stretching them (hanging from the pole or over reaching). Laying on your back for a period of longer than 2 minutes can effect blood flow to the baby, so supine floor work should not be performed. If you haven't given up by now you should as there are lots of different forms of exercise you can take up that will mean you are less likely to fall. The third trimester you will start to feel tired again, your carrying a huge weight of baby and boobies and you may be feeling anxious about the birth, the last thing you should be thinking about is your pole, its only a few more months and you will be back on it so don't worry!!! Doing weight training with the arms over the head Is really not advised has it effects your blood flow and pole dancing is weight training with either one or both arms above your head, also you have that big bump in the way, its precious and you don't want to bang it. Your strength will have almost totally left you and you wont be able to lift yourself into a chair safely let alone a butterfly! Your abdominal muscles are either stretched to the limits or have opened down the centre, you can not contract them very well as they are stretched so you will find it very difficult to lift your legs to go into an invert. You probably wont be sleeping well as the baby is kicking a lot, your tummy is stretched so much that you think the baby may burst out and this is no shape to pole dancing in. If you are then I really think you now have to stop! http://www.verticaldance.com/poledancingandpregnancy.htm has the entire article. I have no idea about the validity of alla this cause I don't have kids but K T Coates is very knowlegable about a lot of pole related things so it seems to be good.
Veena ·
Here an old response I posted a while ago...... If your new to pole dance then backing off it a good idea. 💡 You can still do some floorwork and fun transitions and you can still have fun with it, just dance! Here is a good example of dancing with your pole without all the tricks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs3i-ryO1qM Now if your not a beginner and your very comfy in your abilities, here are my guide lines, I used for my pregnancy. With ANY exercise while preggers, be sure you don't over heat, and don't raise your heart level too high. Drink lots of water. Listen to your body. 1st Trimester...continue with moves you know but don't work on new ones. Stick with what you have down and work on perfecting it. 2nd Trimester...No more inverts or climbs. Spins are fine if your joints don't mind. if your a seasoned dancer it shouldn't be a problem, but everyone is different. Relaxin affects some more than others. 3rd Trimester...This is a good time to work on dancing with soft hands, pointed toes (watch out for leg cramps tho) and hip rolls and enjoying your new sexy body. Most spins will be out..I was able to adjust mine, I found that by keeping my thighs pointing down, and not bringing them up to my waist for spins like the chair I could still do them and they were not a stain on my Abs. Here is an example of that...you can see I don't do many spins at all and I keep my knees low. http://ver3.studioveena.com/lessons/view/1751 With ANY exercise you have to talk with your DR first and make sure your fit to exercise while pregnant. 🤮 LOL Here are links to other places in the forum where pregnancy was talked about. http://ver3.studioveena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=338&p=3271
Thanks guys, That covers lots that I wouldn't have even thought of. I will pass the info along to my friend.
