Does anyone know a woman who was able to swim at their top form after she had a child? In running, Marion Jones was able to come back in international form after giving birth. I was just wondering if swimmers are able to do this yet. This woman doesn't have to be an Internationally ranked swimmer as well.
I was thinking about this after a girl I knew was going to go under 5 minutes in the 500 free but she got pregnant in high school and she never got back to her top form. Where else could I ask this question than the USMS discussion board.
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I swam the whole time I was pregant with my second child. I even swam up to two days before my scheduled c-section. Some thought I was crazy and some couldn't get over the fact that I could swim so much so close to giving birth. The only thing is that some strokes such as the butterfly got a little diffcult to do. Flip turns became a little hard to do, too. The benifits is that I stayed in fairly good shape and I didn't even gain half the weight that I did with my first daughter. Because I had a c-section I was not able to get back in the pool for several weeks after giving birth. I think a woman can stay in fairly good shape with swimming while pregnant but it can get diffcult later in pregnancy to keep up the pace.
I swam the whole time I was pregant with my second child. I even swam up to two days before my scheduled c-section. Some thought I was crazy and some couldn't get over the fact that I could swim so much so close to giving birth. The only thing is that some strokes such as the butterfly got a little diffcult to do. Flip turns became a little hard to do, too. The benifits is that I stayed in fairly good shape and I didn't even gain half the weight that I did with my first daughter. Because I had a c-section I was not able to get back in the pool for several weeks after giving birth. I think a woman can stay in fairly good shape with swimming while pregnant but it can get diffcult later in pregnancy to keep up the pace.
