At my last doctor appointment, as I was rolling down my shirt after the ultrasound and getting ready to leave, I asked my doctor about feeling the baby move and if I should feel him every day, how often, if what I think I'm feeling is really him moving, etc. She responded, "Well, your placenta is in the front so he would have to kick pretty strong for you to feel anything and what you do feel is your placenta hitting your stomach. You probably won't feel anything very strong for awhile." Bummer dude. As soon as I left the building my mind started going a mile a minute about what having an anterior placenta means (why oh why didn't I ask my doctor THEN?) so the second I walked in my apartment I ran to my computer and googled something along the lines of "fetal movement with placenta in the front" and was overloaded with scary things about "placenta previa" yada yada yada. Basically, I'm hoping my placenta eventually moves up to the normal fundal position. Or it could slip down, and cause placenta previa which would result in a C-section. Too much to think/worry about. I'll just stare at this super cute Fox instead.
From the moment my doctor asked me at my 15 week checkup whether I could feel the baby move I've been paying attention ever so closely. Around 16 weeks I swore I could feel little butterflies, but I've never been pregnant before and I didn't think they were coming from the right part of my stomach, so I brushed it off as wishful thinking and continued to be patient (haha, yeah right).
On Sunday May 23rd, as I was sitting in church, I felt Fox move for sure. For sure for sure for sure. If that wasn't him kicking, then there was something else inside of me moving around and nudging, and I've seen one too many X-Files to be okay with that... Since then, he hasn't really established a pattern. Some days I can feel him move a lot, other times it's only once every few hours at best. I can feel him the most when I'm lying in a ball on my left side, or when I'm just sitting down at the computer. Still, with all this placenta stuff, I had doubts that I was just making it all up in my head.
Then last night, as Chris and I were watching a movie on the couch, Fox was kicking up a storm so I grabbed Chris' hand and put it on my belly. I didn't tell him when I could feel anything, but when he asked me, "Was that something?" and I had felt a li'l something at the exact same time, well, I guess I'm not really going crazy because if we all felt it, then it must be true! I still asked, "That was him, right?" And Chris calmly reassured me that yes, that was indeed Fox because that doesn't happen in normal people's bellies :)
I love feeling him move around because it assures me that he's alive and literally kicking. It's the strangest feeling in the world though - indescribable. There's something moving around in my belly! Weird! Awesome! Strange! Amazing!
From the moment my doctor asked me at my 15 week checkup whether I could feel the baby move I've been paying attention ever so closely. Around 16 weeks I swore I could feel little butterflies, but I've never been pregnant before and I didn't think they were coming from the right part of my stomach, so I brushed it off as wishful thinking and continued to be patient (haha, yeah right).
On Sunday May 23rd, as I was sitting in church, I felt Fox move for sure. For sure for sure for sure. If that wasn't him kicking, then there was something else inside of me moving around and nudging, and I've seen one too many X-Files to be okay with that... Since then, he hasn't really established a pattern. Some days I can feel him move a lot, other times it's only once every few hours at best. I can feel him the most when I'm lying in a ball on my left side, or when I'm just sitting down at the computer. Still, with all this placenta stuff, I had doubts that I was just making it all up in my head.
Then last night, as Chris and I were watching a movie on the couch, Fox was kicking up a storm so I grabbed Chris' hand and put it on my belly. I didn't tell him when I could feel anything, but when he asked me, "Was that something?" and I had felt a li'l something at the exact same time, well, I guess I'm not really going crazy because if we all felt it, then it must be true! I still asked, "That was him, right?" And Chris calmly reassured me that yes, that was indeed Fox because that doesn't happen in normal people's bellies :)
I love feeling him move around because it assures me that he's alive and literally kicking. It's the strangest feeling in the world though - indescribable. There's something moving around in my belly! Weird! Awesome! Strange! Amazing!
You have so much humor in your writing, I truely enjoy reading all your enteries! Pregnancy is such an amazing adventure and I totally miss those baby kicks. I remember just after having my daughter sitting and watching her - and I could totally tie back her movements to what I was feeling in my belly...just one of those moments I'll never forget!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry too much about the position of the placenta! Even if it stays in the front it is ok! and even if it lowers over the cervix it still can move again! I'm so excited you can feel him. That is the one (and probably only) thing you will miss about being preggers when he is here!
ReplyDeleteI was a *complete* freak when it came to feeling my daughter move. There was never a real pattern, unless I poked at her when she got a little bigger. My husband was like "STOP POKING HER", but it was just to reassure me that she was ok. Mama's are allowed to be crazy like that.
ReplyDeleteOh feeling the baby was my favorite thing about being pregnant! I loved when Blake could feel her too :) Don't worry about your anterior placenta, sometimes they just stay in front and it's a ok :)
ReplyDeleteThat is so sweet! I remember almost being sad when C was born because it meant he wasn't going to be snug and safe in my belly anymore and I wouldn't be able to feel him anymore! Well... as an active 3 year old... he kicks me in the belly still... all the time! Probably more than when he was in my belly! :)
ReplyDeleteI will never forget the first time Ellie (my eldest) kicked - standing in line for the Dumbo Train Ride at Disneyland Paris on our 1st Wedding Anniversary. It was magical and I never wanted the feeling to stop. Of course by the time I was 38 weeks and the size of a bus it got to be a bit much (Ellie was 10lbs 5 3/4oz when she was born) I felt bruised from the inside out!! Enjoy those precious kicks, there's no better feeling. xx
ReplyDeleteOh, how nice! Love the little Fox photo, too...you'll never forget that, I haven't forgotten where I was and what I was doing the first time my daughter moved. Ejoy it Paige!
ReplyDeleteAwww! I loved this! I'm so glad you're bringing us on this journey with you! :-D
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! Our experience was very similar. Isabel never did develop a pattern with her kicks and I was always nervous. It's so hard when it's the first time because it's easy to second guess ourselves, huh? But you're doing great!
ReplyDeleteIt is the best thing ever feeling the little one moving around! I used to suck on ice cubes just so that I could get a reaction when I was pregnant with Nate!!!
ReplyDeletei always doubted myself when it came to feeling any movement. i didn't believe it until i could see it. so i don't even know when i started feeling any movement but i say i didn't feel it til 21 or 22 weeks because that's when i could start SEEING the bumps that i felt! i need ALL my senses to align!
ReplyDeleteYes, love, if you are feeling something move in your stomach, it's the baby! Non-pregnant people don't feel things moving in their stomachs. :)
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! love what you wrote! I dun have that feeling b4. Its so amazing!
ReplyDeleteThat is SO COOL! And definitely the most exciting thing. Just wait in a week or so you will fell Fox EVERY DAY ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT! I actually liked waking up to Cora kicking me because I knew she was still okay. Then the start to really move and the lump on one side of your tummy really rolls to the other side...talk about X-Files then!
ReplyDeleteThe coolest feeling in the world isn't it?
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