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!
Well, I haven't made it swimming lately. I'm thinking it's just not going to happen until after I deliver. Although I REALLY want to do the 108 x whatevers on New Year's Eve. In shape I usually do 100s on 1:20. When I was pregnant with Carrick I did 50s with fins (and delivered him one week later). This year I was contemplating 25s... we'll see.
I'm still working full time, planning 2 b-day parties in the next few weeks, Xmas, my brother just broke his kneecap (in half!) yesterday, his wife is delivering their baby today, and just doing normal day to day chores really tires me out! A lot going on. I noticed last night I was REALLY grumpy and short with my kids, and I wondered why- I get that way when I don't swim and I want to...
I also went to the hospital yesterday, from work, thinking my water broke, and was praying to God it didn't. It didn't :) There is another phenomenon going on with excess mucous, yadda yadda yadda TMI I think... anyway, my son is a good boy staying in the cooker longer.
On a more fun note, WCM had our annual Christmas party Sunday night. It was great. We had appetizers and a bar for about 45 min. Then we all went over to a beautifully decorated room for dinner. We had our annual meeting, expanded our Board of Directors to 12, ate the catered dinner, had our raffle drawings, live auction, and awards. It was wonderful to see everyone with their clothes on for a change :agree: I again realized how lucky I am to have this opportunity for swimming, but more so for all of the special people I know because of it.
And one more piece of good news: I only have 7 more days of work until the beginning of March :cheerleader: Yipppeeeee. Hopefully, everyone stays healthy and we can all get back into some sort of exercise routine.
Well, I haven't made it swimming lately. I'm thinking it's just not going to happen until after I deliver. Although I REALLY want to do the 108 x whatevers on New Year's Eve. In shape I usually do 100s on 1:20. When I was pregnant with Carrick I did 50s with fins (and delivered him one week later). This year I was contemplating 25s... we'll see.
I'm still working full time, planning 2 b-day parties in the next few weeks, Xmas, my brother just broke his kneecap (in half!) yesterday, his wife is delivering their baby today, and just doing normal day to day chores really tires me out! A lot going on. I noticed last night I was REALLY grumpy and short with my kids, and I wondered why- I get that way when I don't swim and I want to...
I also went to the hospital yesterday, from work, thinking my water broke, and was praying to God it didn't. It didn't :) There is another phenomenon going on with excess mucous, yadda yadda yadda TMI I think... anyway, my son is a good boy staying in the cooker longer.
On a more fun note, WCM had our annual Christmas party Sunday night. It was great. We had appetizers and a bar for about 45 min. Then we all went over to a beautifully decorated room for dinner. We had our annual meeting, expanded our Board of Directors to 12, ate the catered dinner, had our raffle drawings, live auction, and awards. It was wonderful to see everyone with their clothes on for a change :agree: I again realized how lucky I am to have this opportunity for swimming, but more so for all of the special people I know because of it.
And one more piece of good news: I only have 7 more days of work until the beginning of March :cheerleader: Yipppeeeee. Hopefully, everyone stays healthy and we can all get back into some sort of exercise routine.
