February 19, 2010

I Can’t Feel It but I can hear it!

I haven’t felt the baby move since last weekend.  Because of this, I’m second guessing whether I actually felt the baby move or if it truly was just gas. But while I may not have officially felt the baby move I have had the opportunity to hear the baby! I’ll explain.

My brother and his wife are expecting their first in March. Their friends have been showering them with all sorts of fun toys, furniture and baby ‘gear’ they no longer need (they have a lot more friends who have children than I do). Well my pregnancy couldn’t have worked out more perfectly. Why? I’m five months behind my sister in law and this means I get all of the stuff that they will no longer need by the time my baby comes along.  By this I mean they’re nice enough to pass along newborn clothes, a bassinet and other items their five month old will no longer need by the time I give birth.

One item passed onto me already was a prenatal listening system. This is a monitor that straps to my belly and comes with headphones, allowing me to hear the baby kick and move. Apparently, as the pregnancy progresses, I can hear the heart beat as well. For now though, I was thrilled to hear some kicking and movement. There was a faint sound that could be a heart beat but I don’t know for sure. I’ll save that for my OB appointment next Tuesday when I get to hear my little one’s heart on the Doppler!

February 17, 2010

The Calm before the Storm?

When you think of a pregnant woman, you think of someone who cries at anything and everything right? You think of someone who mopes around the house moody and snaps at minor things.

This is how I used to view pregnant women too.  Perhaps it’s just the movies or television that highlights this behaviour and I’m sure there really are women out there whose hormones are so out of control when they’re pregnant they can’t help but over react, but I seem to be the opposite. This I find strange.

I notice I feel less anxious about things. If something was bothering me before, I would stay up all night worrying about it. My mind would just refuse to shut off. Now if something bothers me, I let it go as quickly as it came. Aside from the numerous trips to the bathroom a night, I sleep pretty soundly and I rarely worry anymore about what the future holds. My husband jokes that maybe the pregnancy hormones have balanced something that was previously out of whack. This I don’t find amusing, but maybe he has a point (although a very minor one I must add!).

Yes I feel calm and collected, ready to take on anything that comes my way. Don’t get me wrong, I do still worry and I do still stress, but it’s definitely not as much as before. It would be nice to think I’ve transformed into a calm, cool and collected woman, but who am I kidding? This is probably just the calm before the storm. Oh oh! Watch out hubby if that’s true!

February 15, 2010

Was that Gas or the Baby?

This past weekend, my husband and I were lying in bed and I felt my stomach crawling! At first I had to think about what I ate the night before. Was my stomach reacting poorly to the scallop fettuccini I had consumed?

This feeling felt a little like a gas bubble, but it felt as though the bubble was crawling or fluttering around in my stomach rather than the usual pops (sorry there is no other way I can describe gas or this other feeling!). Suddenly it dawned on me that I could be feeling the baby move! I’ve read that people describe the first few fetal movements as flutters or butterflies. Others describe it as gas bubbles or a poking sensation.

This experience still has me wondering and second guessing what I felt but it was quite different than the usual gas bubbles. I like to think it was the baby moving and kicking around. This week will be 18 weeks and I’ve read that you can feel the baby from 16 weeks on. I haven’t felt it since but I do hope it happens again soon. It was comforting to think of my little one moving around and enjoying life so far.

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