Indoor public pools are they safe?

[Babyluv]

Hi girls
I'm 9 weeks pregnant and I work with little kiddies.
In 2 weeks the boss has organised a trip to the local indoor public pools.
My mum and hubby both have concerns and now I do too
Firstly because I'll still be before 12 weeks and bubs is susceptible to toxins will the strong chlorine smell be dangerous to inhale?
Secondly swimming in the chlorine? Plus other nasty germs in the pool?
As you all know this is our first healthy bub and I'm not willing to take any risks.
Does anyone know anything about this sort of thing?
Thanks xo

[black_rose]

It's fine, the chlorine is there to kill the germs. I am swimming with both my girls while pregnant and also our swimming instructor is pregnant too. Enjoy the swimming and being in the water. You need to avoid spas because of the hear.

[~me~]

Sure is fine...I did 'Water Mums' with all three of my pregnancies. Enjoy the swimming.

[Pandora]

It's fine. I did watermums aqua classes throughout two pregnancies. The main consideration I'd have is the temperature of the water. The physio who ran our classes used to check it and liked it to be under 34.

[Nai]

I took DD1 to swimming and swam myself until I was 39weeks with DD2 and our swimming instructor was also pregnant the whole time. Just make sure you have a bottle of water by the pool so that you can drink whenever you need to and also make sure the water isn't too warm as it can make you feel a bit faint if it is. If you do feel faint make sure you get out of the pool.

[caixin]

Swimmng is great exercise during pregnancy, my GP strongly recommends it. I found it helped heaps when I had back pains. My other friends who have had babies also said how they felt much 'lighter' in the water esp in the last trimester.