Swimming close to due date

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I've been swimming regularly throught pregnancy and it works out far cheaper at my local baths to pay by monthly subscription. My question is when do I cancel it?
It is sensible to swim right up to and beyond your due date? I can't imagine anything worse than my waters going in the middle of a public swimming pool and them having to evacuate and drain the whole pool!! Is this really something to be worried about or am I likely to have had plenty enough discomfort beforehand that there'd be no way I'd be fancying a swim? This is my first pregnancy and I'm completely clueless!
Is it very naive of me to think I'm going to be exercising every day right up till birth or am I actually going to be defeated by the thought of even changing into my cossie by about 36 weeks and completely wasting my money paying for swimming subscription?
Is there anyone else out there who is planning to or has kept swimming right up till the end?

You'll be fine. I was still swimming 2 week after my due date. I don't have a bath at home and it was great to be submerged In water. Also the chances of ur waters going at that exact point is pretty slim!

I'm planning to keep swimming for as long as I can (currently 32w) but I have been wondering the same question:)

I remember being worried about this! It was so comfortable having the water support you when you get really heavy.

Beware though if its a public pool. The end of my pregnancy was also the start of the school hoidays and I could not cope with the big groups of young people bombing and groping and screaming in our ordinarily quiet pool.

I swam up to 34 weeks then stopped as it was a struggle to get out of the pool!

My friend's waters broke (the only person I know who's did) in a swimming pool changing room, can't think of a better place for it to happen!

I swam right up to and for 2 weeks over my due date with ds2 most days. In the end he had to be induced like his brother, so no issue at all with waters going etc. Plus it's lovely to be in the water when you're so heavy. Why do you need to cancel your membership btw? Won't you still swim after you've had your baby?

I swam right up to the birth of both of mine.
Both were born a day or do after swimming felt uncomfortable.

I stopped at 36 weeks, but only because we moved house and it became too far to go to the swimming pool (and still have the energy to actually swim).

If its a public pool though, ask if there's a discount for pregnant women: I discovered halfway through pregnancy that pregnant women got free swimming with (at least) my local council. Then you don't need to worry about when to cancel your monthly payments because you don't need to pay.

Thanks all for the reassurances. Loads of helpful comments on here. I do intend to carry on swimming after the baby's born but thought I'd end up missing a good month due to bleeding and I wasn't sure if swimming is 'allowed' until after the six week check.. Again, am pretty clueless about all this

Thanks for the tip MrsHoarder. Will certainly check if there's any discount as its quite a pricey business, even paying monthly! Swimming is lovely, especially when preggers but i can't wait till I can fit back into my sports bras and go jogging for free instead!

Word of warning - do not try to pull yourself out the pool at the side using your arms, use the bloody steps! I nearly killed myself trying the above maneouvre - I forgot how much the water was suppotring my weight, and the drag as I tried to emerge from the pool was astounding.

Someone asked this at my NCT the other day. She said it was fine and especially for your first, it's unlikely to be your waters going that are the first sign of labour. She did suggest not going swimming if you know you've lost your mucus plug though.