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!
Mooshy, pregnant brain strikes again!!!
It takes us about 30 minutes to get from Clayton to Danville for the baby dr. appts. We left at 10:20 this morning for our 11:00 appt. and as we were driving through the booming metropolis of Clayton(yea, right) my phone rings. It's the receptionist asking if I'd forgotten my appt. "Huh?" I said. "It was at 9:20," she said. "Oh, I thought it was 11," as I apologized profusely. She just said she'd see me when I got there. She's so nice. When I got to the appt. she and the nurse just started laughing at me. "Are you ready, Karen?" they teased. "Definitely," I said.
What was worse though, is that two weeks ago I accidentally mailed my disability forms to MYSELF, instead of the school district, after this very same receptionist filled them out for me. She got quite the chuckle out of that one too. :agree:
At the appt. today I was back to 42cm and a weight gain of 2 pounds. I asked the doc how big he thought "babyzilla" would be and he guessed 9 pounds. We'll know tomorrow. We go at 10:30 and will deliver some time around noon.
The good thing is that Pat and I can swim before hand- plenty of time. I'm actually thinking of doing the 108 x 25 tomorrow. I can't eat or drink anything after midnight tonight, but I figure I'll be getting an IV anyway, so dehydration shouldn't be a problem :) The only ugly thing tomorrow might be the weather. There's a nasty storm coming in. It just started raining and winds are expected around 60 mph. Outdoor pool. BRRR. We'll see. I'm definitely getting in, but the distance may be determined by the weather...
I'll be busy for the next few days, but I'll check back in next week.
Have great workouts everybody and stay healthy :wave:
Mooshy, pregnant brain strikes again!!!
It takes us about 30 minutes to get from Clayton to Danville for the baby dr. appts. We left at 10:20 this morning for our 11:00 appt. and as we were driving through the booming metropolis of Clayton(yea, right) my phone rings. It's the receptionist asking if I'd forgotten my appt. "Huh?" I said. "It was at 9:20," she said. "Oh, I thought it was 11," as I apologized profusely. She just said she'd see me when I got there. She's so nice. When I got to the appt. she and the nurse just started laughing at me. "Are you ready, Karen?" they teased. "Definitely," I said.
What was worse though, is that two weeks ago I accidentally mailed my disability forms to MYSELF, instead of the school district, after this very same receptionist filled them out for me. She got quite the chuckle out of that one too. :agree:
At the appt. today I was back to 42cm and a weight gain of 2 pounds. I asked the doc how big he thought "babyzilla" would be and he guessed 9 pounds. We'll know tomorrow. We go at 10:30 and will deliver some time around noon.
The good thing is that Pat and I can swim before hand- plenty of time. I'm actually thinking of doing the 108 x 25 tomorrow. I can't eat or drink anything after midnight tonight, but I figure I'll be getting an IV anyway, so dehydration shouldn't be a problem :) The only ugly thing tomorrow might be the weather. There's a nasty storm coming in. It just started raining and winds are expected around 60 mph. Outdoor pool. BRRR. We'll see. I'm definitely getting in, but the distance may be determined by the weather...
I'll be busy for the next few days, but I'll check back in next week.
Have great workouts everybody and stay healthy :wave:
