The little flutters and flips of movement that only I could feel got bigger yesterday. I had a feeling Cashew was going to be more stubborn than Pnut was in utero. At least with Pnut I could feel her move all the time. The moment anyone else would lay hands on my belly she would stop moving (in spite I believe)
With Cashew when I felt movement and placed hands on my own belly nothing would happen. It was quite frustrating. But yesterday, I had movement for over half an hour and about 3 good kicks to my hand. It makes me happy. It soothes my nerves that still sit and wonder with the percentage of issues out there for women who are pregnant if everything is ok in there. You would have thought that during my first pregnancy I would have been this paranoid. Nope, I think becoming a mom has made me more paranoid.
If you know me at all you will realize this behavior shouldn't be surprising. Shh . . .I'm a micromanager! If I can't control a situation it's shocking I don't break out into hives. The reason we get the gender determined in our pregnancies is so that I can be in control. So with Cashew, I'm skeptical of my ultrasound still. I hesitate to refer to Cashew as a "he" yet. 4d ultrasounds are being priced and researched - JUST IN CASE. I would hate to have a baby girl all in blues and greens if there was a cord instead of a --- you know :P
For now, I am just happy to feel movement. I'm also happy that Cashew seems to have a sleep pattern right now that fits with my day wonderfully. I start to feel movement around 7am and it stops around 9pm. Can we say routine?? Let's hope our days and nights don't get mixed up as time passes.
Feeling your baby is the best! Do you know where your placenta is?? It might be blocking some of your babies kicks. There is a place in Costa Mesa that will do a gender ultrasound for $25. I've had several friends go there and it was great.
ReplyDeleteI don't know where the placenta is, but the dr did look at the baby again today (because I emailed and asked him about 4d ultrasound, and slid a little request that if he had time to look for me again) and the baby is head down. But I am also not the slimmest of people so the extra padding may be blocking kicks as well :)
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