for the interest of non-pregnant people
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deird1Something I've been curious about for years, and never been able to get a satisfactory answer to? What it feels like when a baby is kicking you. So, now I'm here to enlighten those of you who've also wondered this for years.
I'm only at 22 weeks, so, for the record, we're not talking the standard movie kicking, where the pregnant lady grimaces, holds her side, and mentions how much they're kicking again. This is... slightly less dramatic, and slightly weirder.
There are currently three kicking stages.
Stage 1: Wizz-Fiz
Aussies will be familiar with Wizz Fizz. For the rest of you: it's a really fine sherbety powder that's insanely fizzy and makes your whole mouth feel like it's full of tingly foam.
Picture that, but in your intestines.
Stage 2: Random heavy heartbeats
You know how, sometimes, your heart will start thumping really dramatically and you can feel it pounding in your chest?
A couple of beats of that, but again - somewhere south of your navel.
Stage 3: Shifting body parts
I am currently sitting on a couch. A few minutes ago, my belly suddenly moved a good inch to the right, without warning me about it. I just... felt things decide to move and settle in a different location.
Imagine your breasts suddenly arranging themselves in a different position to how your bra normally holds them, and you'll sort of get the idea.
The thing with this is, it's not like you spend a week at stage 1, then a week at stage 2, and so on. A few weeks ago, the most dramatic karate kicks this kid could do were only going to register as stage 1 from my perspective. Now, huge kicks are more of a stage 3 thing, nonchalant poking is stage 2, and the tiniest fidgets are stage 1.
...and occasionally they settle down and I go back to being a totally normal human being who happens to have an enormous tummy.
I'm only at 22 weeks, so, for the record, we're not talking the standard movie kicking, where the pregnant lady grimaces, holds her side, and mentions how much they're kicking again. This is... slightly less dramatic, and slightly weirder.
There are currently three kicking stages.
Stage 1: Wizz-Fiz
Aussies will be familiar with Wizz Fizz. For the rest of you: it's a really fine sherbety powder that's insanely fizzy and makes your whole mouth feel like it's full of tingly foam.
Picture that, but in your intestines.
Stage 2: Random heavy heartbeats
You know how, sometimes, your heart will start thumping really dramatically and you can feel it pounding in your chest?
A couple of beats of that, but again - somewhere south of your navel.
Stage 3: Shifting body parts
I am currently sitting on a couch. A few minutes ago, my belly suddenly moved a good inch to the right, without warning me about it. I just... felt things decide to move and settle in a different location.
Imagine your breasts suddenly arranging themselves in a different position to how your bra normally holds them, and you'll sort of get the idea.
The thing with this is, it's not like you spend a week at stage 1, then a week at stage 2, and so on. A few weeks ago, the most dramatic karate kicks this kid could do were only going to register as stage 1 from my perspective. Now, huge kicks are more of a stage 3 thing, nonchalant poking is stage 2, and the tiniest fidgets are stage 1.
...and occasionally they settle down and I go back to being a totally normal human being who happens to have an enormous tummy.
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Date: 2014-07-03 09:01 am (UTC)Oh, I dunno, I reckon your kidlet will be giving you the ol' one-two soon enough. This one has been doing it to me for aaages, vicious little critter.
Looking forward to hearing about yours. ;-)