I've been a competitive swimmer now for 18 years (makes me feel old just to say it) and I'm pregnant with my first child. I keep reading that you don't have to modify your swimming workouts when you're pregnant, but in those same websites, I see things like "Try doing *** stroke to eliminate the strain of torso rotation" so I know they haven't the slightest clue about competitive swimming or real training.
So my question is, does anyone have any good resource for how hard you can push yourself swimming while pregnant? And don't tell me to ask my doctor because I'm guessing she knows even less about swimming than "babycenter.com". My primary concern is with becoming slightly hypoxic while swimming (during flip turns and underwater pull outs). I often come up a little breathless, but am okay within a stroke or two. If I weren't pregnant, I wouldn't think anything about this, but it's hard to know if that's "bad" for the little one.
Any thoughts or direction would be greatly appreciated.:drown:
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It's been great reading through all this as I have just found out I am pregnant and have been feeling sick as anything and feel unable to do much exercise at all which is driving me mad! I have been running (slower than normal) a couple of times and I plan to get back to the swimming club tomorrow if I can get out of bed early enough to meet them! I feel inspired to 'get on with it' after eading some of these comments so thanks for putting my mind at rest!! And good luck to all those pregnant women out there who want to continue training!
It's been great reading through all this as I have just found out I am pregnant and have been feeling sick as anything and feel unable to do much exercise at all which is driving me mad! I have been running (slower than normal) a couple of times and I plan to get back to the swimming club tomorrow if I can get out of bed early enough to meet them! I feel inspired to 'get on with it' after eading some of these comments so thanks for putting my mind at rest!! And good luck to all those pregnant women out there who want to continue training!
