It took me until I was 30 years old to figure this out and truly embrace swimming again as a Masters Swimmer with the Saskatoon Goldfins. I also did outdoor swimming lessons at Valens Conservation and indoor swimming lessons at Dolson Pool in Cambridge.
At age 8 I started swimming with the Cambridge Aquajets. Competitive swimming taught me hard work, responsibility, discipline, and sacrifice.
The sport also taught me goal setting, how to manage stress and how to be a leader. Like many swimmers — it took up a lot of my time and by high school I wanted to try new sports and activities. So I gave up swimming and took over a decade break from the sport. I tried swimming again when I was pregnant with my first at 24 years old. I remember crying in the store changing room as I shopped for suits that would cover my growing belly. Nothing fit well and I certainly did not look like those pregnant models flashed on posters around the store.
I was insecure, unsure and fearful of what others may have thought of me. Related: Swimming Through Motherhood. I had no experience with true self love at this point in my life, so this fear literally took over. I was full of anxiety the first time I jumped back in the water. I remember trying so hard to cover my body with my towel as I walked on deck.
This was on repeat in my head — how sad. Other days you feel tired, fatigued, lethargic and even nauseous. Exercise with a friend! There is always a chance that something could go wrong so the smart thing to do is to train with a squad or at the very least with a friend;.
Monitor yourself very closely when exercising. Monitor your temperature, heart rate, your pain and discomfort, your breathing and your nausea throughout any training session and be prepared to slow down or stop if you need to;.
Drink regularly. The baby has a big thirst! It is growing and developing and needs a good supply of fluid. And when you exercise your own need for fluid increases. Allow yourself extra time for rest, recovery and sleep. As a general rule, for every 30 minutes of exercise I do during pregnancy, I allow an extra 60 minutes for rest, recovery and sleep;.
It is not uncommon for expectant mom to feel a little dizzy during exercise as working muscles, lungs and heart compete for blood and oxygen with a growing baby. This is a big mistake that a lot of moms make. Sure, you deserve a little treat now and then: being pregnant can be really tough but the baby is not a chocolate junkie and is not a pizza addict — you are! Every woman who has ever had a baby has some good old fashioned home spun advice about what to do, what not to do, what every little sign means etc.
As long as pregnant women closely monitor and manage their exercise program in consultation with their doctor, exercise is great for both mum and bub! What message do you think you're sending by competing this weekend?
A: I'm hoping the message is to help women see what is possible when they are pregnant. That was my mission after Arlen was born, to show what we can still do while we are nursing and raising a baby. You can still chase your dreams. It isn't just "sit on the couch and enjoy this baby. This healthy lifestyle I'm trying to have is about being able to get up and compete and do things you love as long as you know your limits. Do it safely, of course.
And every woman is different. But you can still do so much while you're pregnant. And you know, as hard as people think this is, the race is only 30 seconds long as opposed to the entire day I spend holding and chasing around a pound 2-year-old. This will feel like a break. A: It's been so great. When I walked out on the pool deck in my race suit on Tuesday, I said to Teri, "I bet you never thought you'd see this, huh? But I love hearing from other women.
People have done this before. There's this psychological element of still being able to do what you love, so I've gotten a good response. Sure, there are some people who have had not-as-nice comments, but I know with myself, I'm not putting my baby at risk.
I've talked to the doctors and feel comfortable with what I'm doing. Q: Your last pregnancy wasn't easy. You mentioned the bed rest. You had a long labor. I remember you saying how terrible you felt in the water, like you had this big boulder around your waist. Has this time felt any different? A: I still have that bowling-ball feeling. But this time I also feel super-floaty, more so than normal. Last time, I didn't really swim until after I was off bed rest at 37 weeks. I was much bigger than I am now.
Maybe that stage is still coming, but for now, I feel good. Kristi even won a silver medal in the yards freestyle in Atlanta in the year old age group. She swam six days a week, though towards the later part of the pregnancy her usual interval times became more challenging. At that point she relaxed on the times expected for herself.
Her lung capacity also decreased, which she adjusted by ignoring breathing patterns and hypoxic sets. Kristi received the go ahead to get back in the water three weeks post partum. She went on to swim at USMS nationals nine weeks after giving birth. Swimming helped Kristi remain sane. Natasha Bertschi and Jane Dwyer from Australia recently competed in a triathlon at thirty-four and twenty-nine weeks gestation respectively.
This is not the first pregnancy for both women, and for Natasha, at the age of 33, the drive to exercise comes from a desire to attempt natural delivery after having previously undergone an emergency Cesarean section. Regular exercise has helped Natasha with pregnancy tremendously especially by keeping her weight down.
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