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this couldn't be the baby moving, could it? or what?
I am kinda embarrassed to call up my midwives and ask them this :-P,
and more to the point their regular office hrs are over til next week anyhow, so can I ask this here please? I am about 13.5 wks since lmp, and for the past week or ten days, almost every night I wake up in the wee hrs of the morning with this really weird twitchy vibrate-y thumpy feeling low in my belly, in the region of my uterus. It isn't just one or two flutters; it feels like a mouse is tap-dancing in there. Sometimes the feeling sort of 'echoes' down thru my vagina or rectum. The twitches/thumps go on for a long time (often I fall back asleep while they're still going on), sort of vaguely in a fast rhythmic pattern but not really (if that makes any sense :-P). The feelings are most obvious when I am lying on my stomach or back (less strong when I'm on my side), and when I change position things quiet down for a few minutes then starts up again. (If it's relevant, I have been measuring large for dates and my bellybutton is already starting to 'shallow out', but given my BBT records that seem to show an completely typical ovulation 2wks before my positive hpt (and I had a neg hpt the month before), I just *cannot* believe my dates are wrong.) I have never felt anything at all like this, so I am pretty positive it is not just gas. But it is making me NUTS being kept awake by this at 3 a.m. and not knowing what it is. I slightly worry that it is some sort of weird uterine cramps and something bad is going to happen, except that frankly everything *seems* fine, and I have never had menstrual cramps that feel ANYthing like this, and besides we just heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time at my 12wk appointment and I just feel like everything is going to be ok crossed fingers. Any thoughts? What the heck is this? Pat |
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this couldn't be the baby moving, could it? or what?
Is it your first baby? If it is it would be unusual to feel it this early,
but what you're describing sounds like fetal movement to me. LOL your baby probably is about the size of a small mouse and probably is tap-dancing. I felt twitches and rolls at 13 weeks, and now at nearly 15 weeks haven't felt anything significant in the last week and a half, so it could be that right now your baby is just in a very good position for you to feel the movement. I think mine was, and then moved. It could be gas, it could be muscular, but I can tell the difference between these now, so chances are you probably can too. I doubt it's anything bad, you can get painless, harmless uterine contractions after sex, but labour contractions _hurt_, at least to begin with as a back-ache - you would probably know. You say your belly button is shallowing out, if you're a smaller person who shows earlier, you might be feeling kicks a bit earlier than usual, because there's less, ummm....insulation between your uterus and your tummy than there is say between mine ;-) Mention it at your next app. "P Harris" wrote in message om... I am kinda embarrassed to call up my midwives and ask them this :-P, and more to the point their regular office hrs are over til next week anyhow, so can I ask this here please? I am about 13.5 wks since lmp, and for the past week or ten days, almost every night I wake up in the wee hrs of the morning with this really weird twitchy vibrate-y thumpy feeling low in my belly, in the region of my uterus. It isn't just one or two flutters; it feels like a mouse is tap-dancing in there. Sometimes the feeling sort of 'echoes' down thru my vagina or rectum. The twitches/thumps go on for a long time (often I fall back asleep while they're still going on), sort of vaguely in a fast rhythmic pattern but not really (if that makes any sense :-P). The feelings are most obvious when I am lying on my stomach or back (less strong when I'm on my side), and when I change position things quiet down for a few minutes then starts up again. (If it's relevant, I have been measuring large for dates and my bellybutton is already starting to 'shallow out', but given my BBT records that seem to show an completely typical ovulation 2wks before my positive hpt (and I had a neg hpt the month before), I just *cannot* believe my dates are wrong.) I have never felt anything at all like this, so I am pretty positive it is not just gas. But it is making me NUTS being kept awake by this at 3 a.m. and not knowing what it is. I slightly worry that it is some sort of weird uterine cramps and something bad is going to happen, except that frankly everything *seems* fine, and I have never had menstrual cramps that feel ANYthing like this, and besides we just heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time at my 12wk appointment and I just feel like everything is going to be ok crossed fingers. Any thoughts? What the heck is this? Pat |
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this couldn't be the baby moving, could it? or what?
Amy wrote:
Is it your first baby? If it is it would be unusual to feel it this early, but what you're describing sounds like fetal movement to me. LOL your baby That's sorta what it felt like to me around 12.5 weeks when *I* started feeling my baby... and yeah... it's my first too. I don't think it's unusual, some people just happen to have the right combination of factors. (Placenta placement, active tot, notice body changes, etc.) |
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this couldn't be the baby moving, could it? or what?
I'm pg with my first and started feeling him wiggle around 13 weeks. My
doctor tried to convince me that it was just gas but the bigger he grew the more noticable it got but then again my munchkin is constantly in motion it feels like.. But you've got it right, that's basically what it feels like so I wouldn't doubt at all that you're actually feeling the baby. Angela EDD #1 5/13/04 It's a boy!! Amy wrote: Is it your first baby? If it is it would be unusual to feel it this early, but what you're describing sounds like fetal movement to me. LOL your baby That's sorta what it felt like to me around 12.5 weeks when *I* started feeling my baby... and yeah... it's my first too. I don't think it's unusual, some people just happen to have the right combination of factors. (Placenta placement, active tot, notice body changes, etc.) |
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this couldn't be the baby moving, could it? or what?
I sometimes get these feelings while I am sitting down and I sneeze. They feel
funny. Kirsten 7 or 8 dpo TTC#1 for 5 years male factor infertility |
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