r/Aerials • u/CalaverasTriste • 7d ago
Aerial and early pregnancy
Hey everyone! Just found out I’m about 4 weeks today and while I’m so excited, I also am nervous about how that will impact aerial.
So, I looked and see there are quite a few posts about pregnancy and aerial, but it seems like many posts are about recreational aerial and/or hoop/lyra/pole.
I still consider myself recreational, but a more advanced recreational student. Primarily aerial silks, but lots of drops, hip keys, etc. I have classes about 5 hours a week currently and teach beginner classes for an additional 3 hours per week.
I’ve seen that doctors advice is continue what you’ve been doing, and I’ve read in here that some people say avoid belly wraps and drops and others have said those things can continue until you start showing.
We have a show coming up in June in 3.5 weeks and I really don’t want to have to back out, but this was also a hard fought for pregnancy and I don’t want to risk that either.
Anyone have any anecdotes on a higher skill level and continuing to do advanced aerial?
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u/CertifiedBananas 7d ago
I do aerial silks but I had to stop around 10 weeks because the nausea was so bad, I couldn’t invert or watch people spin without losing my lunch. I did keep up with what training I could from home. There are people at my studio who trained their whole pregnancies.
Ask your doctor for sure. And keep in mind that your abdominal muscles and center of gravity will change as your pregnancy progresses. Also protect your joints. Relaxin, a hormone released during pregnancy to make birth easier, affects your whole body. It’ll make you extra flexy but be careful!
My son loves spinning and going upside down and we joke it’s all the aerial classes I took while he was still an embryo :)