Pregnant In Provincetown, Swimming In Salt Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Website designer Rebecca Taylor continued to swim in the pool and open water during her pregnancy with her third child.
When asked about the difference between swimming normally and when pregnant, Taylor replied, “I feel maybe a little colder – and definitely colder by the end of the swim when I get out. I have 30% more blood volume [when pregnant] and I’m pretty sure it’s all in my belly by the end of a swim.”
When asked how else she feels different when pregnant, Taylor was specific.
“I’m much more buoyant and I’m naturally pitched at a different angle. It’s not unlike how I used to feel in a full wetsuit or with a swim buoy. I drag my feet and am using my upper body more.”
During her third trimester, she mentioned that the “open salt water is heaven. I swam in the pool – actually tethering in my own pool – for the last few months and it’s a wonderful treat to swim in the [Provincetown] bay. I felt like a rocket out there and I don’t notice the baby at all — in a good way.”
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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