Please help! Can anyone please, please, pretty please recommend a maternity bathing suit for serious lap swimming??? I've taken a break from "hardcore" swimming workouts but still need your typical Speedo-type/-quality suit for doing laps and easy sets. (I've gone down to swimming 2000-2500 yards 4-5 times a week.) There are a multitude of recreation-type maternity swim suits out there or sportier types that claim they're good for lap swimming but have impractical deep U-backs, decorative X-backs, and/or are made of 80-90% COTTON (YIKES!?!?!!!)!!!!!!! If there are any moms out there (or dads who can tell me what their pregnant swimmer wives wore) who can give me any suggestions, they'd be EXTREMELY appreciated!
I'm to the point where even my stretched out Speedos are getting a little too snug (you know, the suits where you've worn them so much that that white stuff rubs off on your skin or you've just turned them into your "drag suits" or you've just outright thrown them out)...
Thanks in advance!!!
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Hello! Thank you so much for all of your suggestions!!! I did check out World Wide Aquatics, H2O Wear, and Kast-A-Way. For any other pregnant swimmers who are interested in my findings, World Wide Aquatics did have maternity swimwear, but their selection had exactly what I was trying to avoid (sorry, msgrupp!:( ), per my original post, and offered similar maternity "active" bathing suits I've seen elsewhere online.
I emailed Kast-A-Way, and they responded rapidly saying they've no maternity bathing suits but would recommend one of their tank suits in one or two sizes larger than my pre-pregnancy size. Again, however, I am looking for a non-U-back/non-tank style suit.
Finally, H2O Wear apparently does not have maternity suits either.
In conclusion, I am very happy to read that the solution is just as simple as getting a Speedo in a size or 2 larger than my pre-pregnancy size!!!!! I will go with this suggestion!!!:D It has been extremely helpful to read what has been tried and successful for other competitive swimmers! Sheesh--it all seems like a "no-brainer" to me now in retrospect, but I just have not had any exposure to other pregnant competitive swimmers to hear what has worked for them and was hoping to find advice here on the USMS Discussion Forum!!!:cool:
Thanks so much to ALL of you who responded! It was all wonderful feedback.:) If anyone has any other suggestions, I am still open to them as well; but, so far, I will go with getting just the size or 2 larger Speedo.
Hello! Thank you so much for all of your suggestions!!! I did check out World Wide Aquatics, H2O Wear, and Kast-A-Way. For any other pregnant swimmers who are interested in my findings, World Wide Aquatics did have maternity swimwear, but their selection had exactly what I was trying to avoid (sorry, msgrupp!:( ), per my original post, and offered similar maternity "active" bathing suits I've seen elsewhere online.
I emailed Kast-A-Way, and they responded rapidly saying they've no maternity bathing suits but would recommend one of their tank suits in one or two sizes larger than my pre-pregnancy size. Again, however, I am looking for a non-U-back/non-tank style suit.
Finally, H2O Wear apparently does not have maternity suits either.
In conclusion, I am very happy to read that the solution is just as simple as getting a Speedo in a size or 2 larger than my pre-pregnancy size!!!!! I will go with this suggestion!!!:D It has been extremely helpful to read what has been tried and successful for other competitive swimmers! Sheesh--it all seems like a "no-brainer" to me now in retrospect, but I just have not had any exposure to other pregnant competitive swimmers to hear what has worked for them and was hoping to find advice here on the USMS Discussion Forum!!!:cool:
Thanks so much to ALL of you who responded! It was all wonderful feedback.:) If anyone has any other suggestions, I am still open to them as well; but, so far, I will go with getting just the size or 2 larger Speedo.
