Posted by Jenny, A couple of days ago, I was at the local pool for my morning swim. I’ve been trying to keep up with the swimming during my pregnancy—”they say” that it is good exercise and feels great to be “weightless” in the pool. I haven’t experienced any weightlessness just yet. Who are “they” anyway? Have “they” swam pregnant? Mostly I’m just excited to still be able to do a flip turn without my bump getting in the way too much (imagine a 6 month pregnant lady doing a somersault).
Despite my awkwardness and feeling like I’m not as streamlined as I used to be, I had a small victory on Thursday morning. There was a gentleman in the pool who was decently good (I think he was a triathelete). He could pass me when I was doing a kick set with my kickboard, but when I switched to swimming, he couldn’t pass me and I was keeping up with him. I was proud of myself for still having enough energy to be able to keep up. When he finished with his workout, he got out and went to dry off at the side of the pool. I was doing 100 IM sets, so I stopped after my 100 and stood up at the shallow end (cheeky jenny) and my bump, in all its glory, was above the water. I think he was stunned that I was a pregnant lady! Poor guy, I probably gave him a complex and he will swim much harder next time he works out. I count it as a small victory for the bump—I might feel frumpy and large most of the time (especially going into a cute, trendy, clothing shop where the “big girl” sizes are like size 6), but that morning in the pool I had a moment of feeling great!
~jenny
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