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!
Congratulations. It sounds like you're doing great :)
I definitely do not miss that "compacted-kicking me-in the ribs-feeling"!
I mentioned that I had heart concerns during my pregnancy and they did an echocardiogram... I just met with my doctor a few weeks ago (I had pink eye!) and she told me that the report was totally fine. Wacky things happen when we're pregnant, as you're experiencing. Swimming, I think, has way more benefits than people realize.
Twins, wow! I have absolutely no advice on that one. Although friends tease us that we have Irish twins because two of my kids are barely a year apart! Both in diapers, etc. It's one of those situations where you "just do". Someone said to me the other day, "You work full time AND have four kids, and you're out with them all? How do you do it?" My response was, "I don't know. I just do. It's normal." Not that it's easy, or really "normal", but it is a lot of fun most of the time. I wouldn't trade it for anything. The sleeplessness, etc. is only temporary...
Anyway, please keep updating here, or start your own blog. That was my goal in starting this. I was hoping we could all help each other out.
Again, congratulations!
Congratulations. It sounds like you're doing great :)
I definitely do not miss that "compacted-kicking me-in the ribs-feeling"!
I mentioned that I had heart concerns during my pregnancy and they did an echocardiogram... I just met with my doctor a few weeks ago (I had pink eye!) and she told me that the report was totally fine. Wacky things happen when we're pregnant, as you're experiencing. Swimming, I think, has way more benefits than people realize.
Twins, wow! I have absolutely no advice on that one. Although friends tease us that we have Irish twins because two of my kids are barely a year apart! Both in diapers, etc. It's one of those situations where you "just do". Someone said to me the other day, "You work full time AND have four kids, and you're out with them all? How do you do it?" My response was, "I don't know. I just do. It's normal." Not that it's easy, or really "normal", but it is a lot of fun most of the time. I wouldn't trade it for anything. The sleeplessness, etc. is only temporary...
Anyway, please keep updating here, or start your own blog. That was my goal in starting this. I was hoping we could all help each other out.
Again, congratulations!
