Swimming While Pregnant

llvaziri43

A good friend of my recently gave birth to her third child. For her third pregnancy she made the decision to stay active with swimming 3-4 times a week. She gained less weight duirng pregnancy, and had a smoother pregnancy and post-pregnancy recovery. Swimming provides such a good form of cardiovascular and circulatory exercise, in the healthy and safe environment of water which is good for the momma and the baby. You can swim through all your trimesters up to the day you give birth because it is such a healthy form of exercise, and you can return to the water as little as 2 weeks post pregnancy.

I highly encourage taking up the sport of swimming during your pregnancy. This video gives some more information on swimming exercises you can do:

**link removed** Please don't spam our boards!

daiquirri

I took prenatal water aerobics throughout my entire pregnancy.  I think it really helped in the delivery room.  30 minutes of pushing and i met the love of my life.  Not to mention I looked better then before I was pregnant when my girl was 3-6 months old. 

AmandaP678

i swam through out both pregnancies had easy deliveries and recoviers

law8296

yes, yes, yes! I definitely feel swimming is one of the BEST forms of exercise pregnant or not.

virginiagirl11

I have been a competitive swimmer for most of my life but ironically was not able to swim during my pregnancy. I had bad heartburn during pg and it got totally unbearable anytime I swam and would last for 12+ hours afterward.