When I was pregnant with Patrick (Jr.) now 7, I asked my coach, Kerry, if there was much information on competitive swimming and training while pregnant. He didn't know of any. Since then I've had two more kids (now 3 and 4) and there's still nothing really about this subject.
So I'll use myself as a guinea pig, and maybe it will help others in the future...
This will be our last, and with this one, I'd like to have goals, unlike with the other three. Obviously, my number one goal is to have a healthy baby. My nutrition is key here, for the baby and myself. Sleep is crucial for me, so that too is a goal. Other goals are lifting, and minimum weight gain (I still have 20 from last time, mostly in my stomach!) and to swim in Austin and be somewhat competitive. My due date is January 20, 2008.
I'm afraid I will be put on bed rest near the end, because Carrick (3) was born 5 weeks early, and we don't know why. He spent 2 weeks in the Intensive Care, and is fine now. I read that the odds have gone up significantly for me now to have another early delivery. (With all of my other deliveries, by C-section, I swam the day I delivered and was back in the water two weeks later.)
Tomorrow, I will be 4 weeks pregnant. And while I swam Saturday (2,000 SCM- see Rude Noodlers thread) I didn't get to do the only practice today (Memorial Day) at 8:30am because Brenna (4) was still sleeping...
I have some questions, and I hope you will all pitch in your :2cents: Sorry, I don't make change :p
How do I modify weight lifting while pregnant?
Anybody do OW swims while pregnant (water temps around 70)?
Thanks!
Everybody is so sweet! I really gave some serious thought before putting the blog out there... wasn't sure.
I tried to change the title, but it wouldn't go.
Anyway, I'm having a really tough time. I am SO tired. I go home from work, do what's necessary, take Brenna to gymnastics (while Pat takes Patrick to swimming) and then I crash. If CPS (Child Protective Services) came into my house I'm afraid they'd take the kids, and the pets!!! It's such a disaster. And I have now built Mt. Laundrymore in the garage...
I did swim on Tuesday and actually did OK. My first team practice since Nationals. I went second in the lane behind the "finned one." So it was OK, I was about 1:20's per hundred LCM, we were doing a set of 4 x 400...
Got home and had such intestinal problems! Probably way TMI, but after my "trip from hell in the bathroom" I literally lost 5 pounds. Guess things are a little confused in their right now.
Did not swim Wednesday...
It's Friday now, could've swam yesterday, two opportunities (rare), but didn't. Was in bed all afternoon and no dinner. At 10:30, after watching the National Spelling Bee (a kid two towns over won!) I headed to Carl's Jr. with Apache and Molly, and got a Western Bacon Cheeseburger. I ate it all! I usually eat half. The dogs were VERY sad.
I don't think I'll swim today, unless I go to the gym...
My hubby reminded me that I was this tired with the others, I obviously have forgotten! Don't like this feeling at all. Totally exhausted. I just need to make myself go swim, it's not that I can't physically do it, I would just rather lay down! :doh:
Right now, Austin is no longer a desire. The most desirable thing is my bed!
Everybody is so sweet! I really gave some serious thought before putting the blog out there... wasn't sure.
I tried to change the title, but it wouldn't go.
Anyway, I'm having a really tough time. I am SO tired. I go home from work, do what's necessary, take Brenna to gymnastics (while Pat takes Patrick to swimming) and then I crash. If CPS (Child Protective Services) came into my house I'm afraid they'd take the kids, and the pets!!! It's such a disaster. And I have now built Mt. Laundrymore in the garage...
I did swim on Tuesday and actually did OK. My first team practice since Nationals. I went second in the lane behind the "finned one." So it was OK, I was about 1:20's per hundred LCM, we were doing a set of 4 x 400...
Got home and had such intestinal problems! Probably way TMI, but after my "trip from hell in the bathroom" I literally lost 5 pounds. Guess things are a little confused in their right now.
Did not swim Wednesday...
It's Friday now, could've swam yesterday, two opportunities (rare), but didn't. Was in bed all afternoon and no dinner. At 10:30, after watching the National Spelling Bee (a kid two towns over won!) I headed to Carl's Jr. with Apache and Molly, and got a Western Bacon Cheeseburger. I ate it all! I usually eat half. The dogs were VERY sad.
I don't think I'll swim today, unless I go to the gym...
My hubby reminded me that I was this tired with the others, I obviously have forgotten! Don't like this feeling at all. Totally exhausted. I just need to make myself go swim, it's not that I can't physically do it, I would just rather lay down! :doh:
Right now, Austin is no longer a desire. The most desirable thing is my bed!
