Pregnant Australian woman continues to do pole dancing and has no plans to stop during childbirth
23-year-old Tabitha Vincent from Perth (Australia) is already pregnant, but she can still hang upside down and spin around the pylon. The future young mother is expecting a girl from her boyfriend Jade Tavai and says she wants to continue pole dancing even during childbirth.
Tabitha is already in her 35th week and believes that pole exercises will help her to endure labor contractions more easily. "I saw a woman dancing on a pole in a popular video on the Internet to stimulate childbirth, and I thought that I would love to do the same," says a girl who works as a pole dancing coach.
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"I have a pole at home, so if I have time during childbirth, I will definitely work out on it a little. In any case, it will help me to distract myself from the pain of contractions," says the expectant mother.
Tabitha took up pole dancing in 2012 on the advice of friends. At first she was skeptical about the classes, but quickly got hooked on them and began going to lessons twice a week. She even installed a pylon at home to train on it three times a week.
Six months before her pregnancy, she became a pole dancing coach. "I didn't teach for long when I suddenly found out that I was pregnant. Obviously, the clothes I wear to lessons can't hide my stomach, so I had to inform my employer about my pregnancy much earlier than they usually do. Nevertheless, I was treated with great understanding. I also told my students about the pregnancy, because I didn't want them to think that I was getting fat, because I had to teach them what would maintain a slim figure."
At first, Tabitha was worried about whether it was worth continuing classes on the pole and whether it would be risky for the child. But the obstetricians assured her that it was safe, because her body is used to this kind of stress. "I post a lot of photos, and there are negative comments in which they ask me if my body and baby can withstand what I'm doing," Tabitha shares.
"I try not to pay attention to them. I think the people who write this are just mistaken. It is clear that nothing is more important to me than the health of my child and I will never do anything that could put him at risk. Mostly people are just surprised that I can still perform these movements at such a late stage of pregnancy," she says. Although the girl had to give up some of the most extreme tricks, she still goes to classes twice a week.
The Australian believes that keeping fit helps her avoid some of the typical side effects of pregnancy, such as back pain and toxicosis. She hopes that these classes will help her body get back into shape faster when her daughter is born. "I can still do most of my old tricks, but I had to change some of them because my stomach gets in the way," Tabitha admits.
"Also, when I turn upside down, I start to feel dizzy faster, because due to pregnancy, the volume of blood in the body is greater. If everything goes well and I have a simple, natural birth, I hope to return to the pylon as soon as possible. I'm just dying of impatience."
Keywords: Australia | Acrobatics | Pregnancy | Pilon | Childbirth | Contractions | Dancing