[gypsyheartgirl]

I did not start my pole journey until well after having my son, so I’m not able to speak directly to returning to pole. However, I can certainly share my experience to returning to general activity. I had a natural birth and found my physical recovery happened much more quickly than I ever expected. I stopped bleeding about a week and a half after the birth and would say I was healed up soon after that and certainly by the six week postpartum check up was ready to return to working out.

As jesikah6 noted, I took the opportunity to rest and just get to know my baby in those early weeks. I accepted any offers of help and I did not try to do too much of anything. Breastfeeding also helped to return the uterus back to size and things to generally contract in the abdominal area. I will say I should’ve probably been more diligent about my postpartum belly band but I’ll know for next time.

Honestly, the hardest part of going back to working out after the birth was not the physical part but the emotional part. I just didn’t want to be away from my son for a single minute. Certainly it was this feeling and not my physical state at all that prevented me from trying to get back to working out for about eight months after the birth. I think having a pole in the house will really alleviate that for me in the future, should I have another baby.

Ultimately, it really stands to reason that recovery from a natural process, if possible in your case, will most likely be easier and have you back on the pole much more quickly than recovery from abdominal surgery. Best wishes to you for a lovely birth experience and beautiful babymoon getting to know your little girl!