ever since i could feel her, i've felt this baby move consistently throughout the day. if i feel like it's been awhile, i'd lie down, put my hands on my belly, and definitely within 15 minutes (that's the longest i've ever had to wait) she is moving all over the place.
our bedtime routine is this: jesse talks to the baby for a little bit, sings her a song or two, then says goodnight and reads out loud for me (it really helps me to fall asleep). when he talks and sings to her, she is very responsive to jesse's voice and moves around a lot. she'll kick and he'll poke her in the spot where she kicked and she will kick him back. it's like a little game they play.
so you can imagine how freaked out jesse and i were last night when we were trying to get her to move for nearly 2 hours with not much going on. i felt her a total of two times, both very weak movements. i tried switching positions, walking, marching in place. jesse talked to her, poked her, sang to her .... all to no avail.
after about an hour and a bit, jesse suggested i try drinking some juice and so i chugged down a tall glass of cranberry juice.
as frustrated and worried as we were that we couldn't get her to move, all the resources say you shouldn't count or keep track of baby's movements until week 28 (which is another 2.5 weeks for us). i knew if i went to the doctor or called the doctor's office, they would say it's too early for me to be worrying about this. but i feel like i already know my baby and she has never gone this long so quietly before, so i can't help but to freak out.
anyways, about 20 minutes after finishing the cranberry juice, she came back to life as rambunctious as ever. and this morning too and all day so far, she's been very active as per usual.
25 weeks old in utero and she's already got the ability to worry her parents sick down pat.
our bedtime routine is this: jesse talks to the baby for a little bit, sings her a song or two, then says goodnight and reads out loud for me (it really helps me to fall asleep). when he talks and sings to her, she is very responsive to jesse's voice and moves around a lot. she'll kick and he'll poke her in the spot where she kicked and she will kick him back. it's like a little game they play.
so you can imagine how freaked out jesse and i were last night when we were trying to get her to move for nearly 2 hours with not much going on. i felt her a total of two times, both very weak movements. i tried switching positions, walking, marching in place. jesse talked to her, poked her, sang to her .... all to no avail.
after about an hour and a bit, jesse suggested i try drinking some juice and so i chugged down a tall glass of cranberry juice.
as frustrated and worried as we were that we couldn't get her to move, all the resources say you shouldn't count or keep track of baby's movements until week 28 (which is another 2.5 weeks for us). i knew if i went to the doctor or called the doctor's office, they would say it's too early for me to be worrying about this. but i feel like i already know my baby and she has never gone this long so quietly before, so i can't help but to freak out.
anyways, about 20 minutes after finishing the cranberry juice, she came back to life as rambunctious as ever. and this morning too and all day so far, she's been very active as per usual.
25 weeks old in utero and she's already got the ability to worry her parents sick down pat.
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