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!
Went to Turkey Day practice yesterday at 8:30am. My estimation is that there were about 150 people there. We used the entire 50m (set up short course), so we had 20+ lanes with at least 7 per lane. It was crowded, but still fun.
Kerry had a "menu" style workout. We had white or dark meat, stuffing, dessert, and another one I can't remember. We got to choose from each category (one choice had more stroke than the other). The total for each of the workouts was 4,200. Thankfully my lane liked to do stroke :)
I swam 2,500 and got out. I felt fine. About 2,000 I noticed my HR go up quite a bit, so I just swam easier (if that was possible!) And I had two kids with me and was supposed to go help my mom get ready for company! Again, it was nice to see everyone at one time and enjoy the beautiful sunny day swimming.
I skipped 7:30am workout today, and actually slept until about 10:00am. It was AWESOME! We were all so exhausted from yesterday- we had gotten home around 11:00pm. Tomorrow there is another 7:30am workout (Saturday). If I can get kids up I'd like to go.
Well back to nesting on this Friday afternoon. We are in the final stages of "musical rooms" and the house is a disaster, on top of the usual Mt. Laundrymore!
Went to Turkey Day practice yesterday at 8:30am. My estimation is that there were about 150 people there. We used the entire 50m (set up short course), so we had 20+ lanes with at least 7 per lane. It was crowded, but still fun.
Kerry had a "menu" style workout. We had white or dark meat, stuffing, dessert, and another one I can't remember. We got to choose from each category (one choice had more stroke than the other). The total for each of the workouts was 4,200. Thankfully my lane liked to do stroke :)
I swam 2,500 and got out. I felt fine. About 2,000 I noticed my HR go up quite a bit, so I just swam easier (if that was possible!) And I had two kids with me and was supposed to go help my mom get ready for company! Again, it was nice to see everyone at one time and enjoy the beautiful sunny day swimming.
I skipped 7:30am workout today, and actually slept until about 10:00am. It was AWESOME! We were all so exhausted from yesterday- we had gotten home around 11:00pm. Tomorrow there is another 7:30am workout (Saturday). If I can get kids up I'd like to go.
Well back to nesting on this Friday afternoon. We are in the final stages of "musical rooms" and the house is a disaster, on top of the usual Mt. Laundrymore!
