Baby Bump Behaviour

Last weekend the baby started to wriggle about and rather excitingly, has continued to do so every day for a week now. This wasn't the first time I'd felt the little one. Over the last month or so there have been butterfly moments when I felt like I was suddenly excited for a few moments, but no specific movement I could put my finger on. Then one day at work about two weeks ago, I felt a faint push against my womb. There then followed two weeks of womb-silence. It's quite unnerving to have felt something and then for it to not happen again. I felt like I may have hallucinated or just wanted it to happen so much that I had somehow willed bambino into moving with the sheer power of my mind a la Uri Gellar. I knew from the books that this was completely normal. At this stage your womb is large and your baby is relatively small so there's plenty of scope for swimming without running into the sides. Normal however is also rather frustrating and can also lead to fretting. Plus I really wanted Husband to feel it too.


On Saturday we were laying on our Hillside bed (see previous post) having a little post cream tea rest when baby began their first major wriggle, followed by definate kicking / elbowing movements which rather fabulously we were able to feel together. It is an amazing sensation to feel their little twists and turns. Sometimes you are just aware of their general movement. Other times you can actually feel them turn over, often closely followed by a dig against the womb. The other exciting (and reassuring) sensation is that when baby comes close to the surface you can feel their heart beat.


When I sit still the baby becomes active - my movement in the day rocks them into a lulled state. Once I stop moving then the baby stirs and wakes up. If I am at my desk for too long then I can feel their stirrings. On Friday night we had out first alien moment. We were curled up watching No Distance Left To Run when the baby pushed it's head against my womb (maybe they are already a Blur fan?). We know it was it's head because it protruded from my belly, just like they were an extra in a Fringe episode. To date this has definately been my favourite pregnancy experience.