SHE is no stranger to the swimming pool, so it is no surprise Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington is considering a water birth for her first child.

The swimmer and her husband of three months, Harry Needs, are due to become parents in June.

She told Hello! Magazine: "The due date is June 4 so, yes, we must have conceived on the first day of our honeymoon in Venice."

Needs, who is also a ­swimmer, joked: "But we're not the Beckhams - we won't be calling the baby Venice."

Adlington said a water birth was "top of the list" at the moment.