A pregnant pole dancer was performing a routine just two hours before she went into labour. Instructor Christina Spirig, 31, from Luzern, Switzerland, has been training in pole dance for eight years and she wasn’t going to give up when she fell pregnant.
Christina had been warned by her family about carrying on with her routines while pregnant – and she even admits she knows it’s dangerous if you fall from the pole or if you crash into it with your belly.
However, Christina explained that going into labour so close to her contractions was safe because the motion of her pole dancing would always send her baby to sleep.
Christina, owner of Poledance Luzern, welcomed her second child in June 2018, after she already had an eight-year-old son.
It was only after welcoming her first son that Christina found her love for pole dance when she wanted to find a sport that she had a real passion for.
After having done gymnastics for years when she was young, Christina saw a picture of a friend on a pole and decided she wanted to give it a go.
Christina trained between three to five times a week until she reached six months of her pregnancy, although she adapted her routines for the safety of herself and the baby throughout her full pregnancy.
For the final two months of her pregnancy Christina trained just once a week for 45 minutes.
Just seven weeks after giving birth, Christina got back onto the pole and began strengthening her body with gentle routines and positions.