Swimming?

JumpingJellyBeans06 · June 2015

My family went to our local YMCA pool and had a blast. Bought my first maternity swimsuit and I finally felt pretty! Some lady came up to me and said I should not be swimming while pregnant because it was not safe for unborn babies?? I just said, well I have never heard of that and I have two other kids and just walked away. This is my first time being pregnant in the summer so I never really looked into it.

I have never heard of this! Did I miss something?

tayzav · June 2015

I've never heard of this either. I go bob around on the noodles at our pool for hours, and once the weather decides what is wants to do I plan on swimming laps in the morning on days I don't feel like running. As far as I've heard it's perfectly safe to swim with baby on board...

CarrieOct15 · June 2015

Lol no. Swimming is a great pregnancy exercise! As long as you're not swimming in some dirty pond, you're fine. I hate when people like to shove their noses in where they don't belong. Smh.

mattymom · June 2015

I think the lady is crazy. This is my 4th and I have never heard such a thing. I would go crazy this summer if I couldn't swim.

Ceridwen77 · June 2015

What's wrong with that woman? There's nothing wrong with swimming at all as long as it's a clean body of water and you use sunblock and stay hydrated.

scw89 · June 2015

Must have been an old person....they tell you all this crazy shit about pregnancy!

oliviaann91 · June 2015

That's crazy. It's great exercise. I just got back from Orlando on vacation and I swam in the resort pool with our girls literally 6-7 hrs at a time for a week straight and it was glorious. Enjoy your swim

gumby22c · June 2015

Swimming is perfectly fine, so says the NP I saw this morning. Ignore that advice. ie the advice of the crazy person at the pool today.

thegingeravenger · June 2015

As long as the chemicals are in a remotely good range, which at a YMCA pool they would be, swimming is probably the best thing you can do for your body while pregnant. I always told people it was and I can proudly say now that I was right! Was she a little old lady there for aqua aerobics? That sounds like something one of them would say!

Source: certified pool operator and former Aquatics Coordinator for a Y.

mamavbs · June 2015

I heard you can't breathe through your mouth when pregnant. You should only breathe through your nose...

Lol no seriously, I'm not mocking you. It's just ridiculous what some people come out with! Thank god you have the common sense to not listen :-)

modanz1 · June 2015

My grandma, who is 85, told me that they used to not take baths or swim because they thought the baby would drown. Maybe she was of that era

Obviously, we know better now. You're good!

JumpingJellyBeans06 · June 2015

@thegingeravenger She wasn't much older than I am, possibly late 30's early 40's? Our Y has a large, outside area for the summer that we like to go to. They keep things clean, so no worries there.

@mamavbs I thought it sounded really odd. I'm usually not that gullible. I'll blame it on the hormones

I will continue to swim and ignore the crazies. Thanks ladies, I knew you could get me a straight answer

Favoritemandms · June 2015

modanz1 said:

My grandma, who is 85, told me that they used to not take baths or swim because they thought the baby would drown. Maybe she was of that era Obviously, we know better now. You're good!

OMG, really? Old people are awesome.

ColoradoHiker · June 2015

I'm pretty sure I'll be spending my summer in the lake at a local state park. A chlorinated pool poses absolutely zero risk!

Ninjette22 · June 2015

No it actually says that swimming is the best kind of exercise for pregnant woman because it is gentle and soothing and there is no chance of you falling on to your stomach lol I don't know what that lady was taking about.

dmiller1213 · June 2015

My doc says swimming is great when pregnant! Good excercise snd it keeps us cool

DrMommaDVM · June 2015

Oh my gawwwwd I can't stand people and their made-up-wacky-website-facebook-meme-old-wives-tail health advice. It's one thing to be an idiot, that's probably not completely your fault. But don't try to force your idiocy onto others, especially strangers.

I hope you gave her some sass back.

Cook3133 · June 2015

Only heard that with hot tubs, maybe she just can't read the sign right

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HOT TUB....POOL

maura+c · June 2015

Just took my toddler for a dip in our pool. That is one of the most uneducated comments I've heard in a while. I love when people comment about something they know nothing about.

rachswi · June 2015

I just got back from a swim at the Y - almost every doctor you ask will tell you that swimming is one of the best exercises (when else can you feel about 10% of your weight?!).

The lady is believing an old superstition. My husband heard it a few days ago - they used to think the baby could drown if you went swimming (never mind the fact that the kiddo is swimming in amniotic fluid and isn't actually breathing oxygen with its lungs yet). It is perfectly safe!

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