So after all my whining about the baby not moving in earlier posts, I completely forgot to post about when she did move. I think it's because I tell some people about it and I assume that I must have posted something. In any case, she has moved, and the first time I felt it was the night after I'd had the ultrasound. I was in bed on my side, about to fall asleep when I felt this teensy little...thump. Like someone had lightly thumped me, but from the inside. It was the weirdest feeling, and easy to mistake for other things because it was pretty low in the uterus. I can see how easy it would be to miss it during the day, when I'm busy and moving around. But after feeling it twice more after that, I realized what it was, and it was wonderful!
I'm getting better at immediately recognizing what it is, but it's still pretty faint and deep enough that Michael can't feel it. I can't wait until she gets a little bigger so that her movements will be stronger and he can tell when she's moving, too. She seems most active right after I wake up and have my thimble full of coffee (my espresso mug-size--I have cut back on caffeine quite a bit because I didn't want to risk it throwing off my heart rate and blood pressure whenever I visited the doctor) and at night around 7 or 8 PM, which is usually about thirty minutes to an hour after I've had dinner.
That's so cute! It was so exciting when I felt those first little tiny thumps inside (and yeah, it almost felt like it was coming from my bladder)! Now she's kicking me constantly...sometimes so hard I jump. Paul's been able to feel her a few times...but not whenever she kicks (not yet).
ReplyDeleteAnd...she seems to get active when I'm eating, or for some reason when I'm just sitting and conversing with someone. (Maybe because she hears voices?)
It's so incredible to feel that little person inside you! I'm so excited for both of us.
Ah, good--I wondered if I was weird because the movement is so low. I guess she just likes it there. It makes me wonder what's going on with the rest of my big belly, if it isn't uterus yet (is it pushing my stomach up?? Because my belly is getting kinda big, and if she's way down there and not all that big yet...what the hell is going on? A LOT of wasted space!).
ReplyDeleteLast night she was particularly active while Michael and I were reading in bed, and he had on an old REM CD. Apparently she either likes or hates Michael Stipe...
It really is incredible--I can't imagine feeling major kicks! :)