Swimming for two, a curiosity for others

"Though I am going it alone this time around, I seem to have gathered a few admirers at the pool. Maybe no one in Tacoma swims while pregnant or maybe it's just that people who swim in the mornings with me get a kick out of my hot pink maternity swimming suit and blue swimming cap.

Lately the water has been very cold. I don't know if it has anything to do with the Y getting spruced up, but it's not fun at all. One of the women who occasionally swims around the same time as I do, asked me if I thought the baby feels the temperature change? (It was exceptionally chilly that morning.) I said I didn't think so, but felt sorry for the baby if s/he did. My friend Jen said that she doesn't think the baby would feel the coldness, and that maybe it feels colder to me because my body is working on keeping the baby warm. I'm down for thinking about it like that, plus it helps me brace against the chill and actually get some laps in.

Today, a man was swimming in the lane next to me and when I was getting out of the pool asked if the baby kicked while I swam. What a fun thought. But no, BITB doesn't move at all while I swim. Maybe the motion lulls BITB to sleep, or maybe it's just not a normal active time. But since the man asked I have had funny visions of the two of us doing the breast stroke at the same time . . . "
--Clare