So, the baby hasn't really been moving
today. I know I'm only like 18 and a half
weeks but I've been feeling the baby every
day and now nothing. I just need you guys
to tell me I'm crazy and that everything's
okay like normal. How is everyone by the
way?
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beepbeep176
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Posted: 09-10-07 20:29pm
Aww don't worry I'm sure the baby is fine.
He's probably just tried from all the
previous moving around. I didn't know you
could feel the baby move at 18 weeks, I
feel so stupid.
I'm ok, not nausea tonight, yay! lol I'm
really anxious to go to my first doctor
appointment.
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monkeygirl22
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Posted: 09-10-07 20:45pm
Thanks! I've been feeling the baby
regularly for a couple of weeks now. My
mom always felt us really early too.
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Bridget
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Posted: 09-10-07 20:51pm
i had a lot of freak outs with finn and
they always told me to drink a coke and
lay on my left side. it worked every time!
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monkeygirl22
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Posted: 09-10-07 21:01pm
I think I might try that. Thanks Bridget!
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vanessalouanne
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Posted: 09-10-07 23:21pm
thats what id do too..drink something with
sugar and lay still..
the baby still little so im sure its
moving you may just not be feeling all of
the movements you know.. I felt bree move
real early too but then it sort of slowed
and then around 21 weeks i started really
really feeling it.
if your ever concerned though call the
doctor..thats what there there for, you
could always go in and get a stress test
just to reassure yourself.
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cln1812
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Posted: 09-11-07 09:36am
I felt the baby move early on too (around
13 weeks), but the movements didn't get
consistent and daily until around 20
weeks. Around 18 weeks, I'd still have
days where I could feel movement and days
where I couldn't. Around 21 weeks, I
started being able to feel movements from
outside my belly, and at 23 weeks even see
my belly moving. From 23 weeks on, the
movments have been very consistent, and I
notice a distinct pattern too. My baby
moves hardly at all in the morning before
lunch time, she'll get a bit active after
lunch, but her main activity if in the
evening and especially right before I go
to bed and even the middle of the night
(often, it wakes me up in the night).
I'll be 27 weeks tomorrow, and I swear, I
still just get one or two faint movements
all morning long from the baby; I guess
she's sleeping then.
I'm sure everything is fine with your
baby. It's still early yet, and at that
point, most of what I felt was still
pretty subtle (your baby is still quite
small at this point, under 1 lb.), mostly
it felt like being tickled from inside,
occasionally, like being poked with a
finger. It could be too that maybe the
baby moved and now is directing the kicks
toward your spine and you don't feel them.
I had my big u/s at almost 21 weeks;
during the u/s, the baby kicked and I saw
it on the image but I didn't feel those
kicks.
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monkeygirl22
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Posted: 09-11-07 11:10am
Thanks everyone! I just worry too much.
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Ingi
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Posted: 09-11-07 11:17am
monkeygirl22
wrote:
Thanks everyone! I just
worry too
much.
It is ok to worry over your baby. This is
your maternal instinct You are a MOM!
When you don't feel any movement, eat
something sugary to wake that little bean
up. Also laying down will lessen the
gravity pull on the baby and give more
ability to move around. Eat some donuts,
drink some oj and lay down in about 1/2 an
hour. That little one will be moving
around in no time.
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pixma
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Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 1015 Location: NSW Australia
Posted: 09-11-07 20:29pm
I've noticed that when Gracie doesnt move
as often as she normally would i tend to
have a belly growth spurt.
Sounds crazy i know and it might be all in
my head but it seems to be happening!!
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monkeygirl22
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Posted: 09-11-07 21:31pm
Well, I just noticed earlier that my belly
already seems bigger than the pics I
showed you guys Friday. Maybe that has
something to do with it. Is it normal for
my uterus to be up to my belly button
already? I am 18 weeks and 4 days.
You are a MOM!
