Almost through 1 Trimester, and my oddities.

[Daisalana 33]

Gah Wheet, I have my flabby pannis.. more things to look forward to then eh?

I plan to get a TT, but wanted to wait till post-kids.

I can't fathom seeing movements, though I can't fathom feeling movements either. One of my girlfriends said she felt movements at 14 weeks, which I am 6 days from.. so I have been laying in bed real still, holding my breath waiting for something (literally). I'm a goof ball. I just want to feel pregnant.

[Wheetsin 714]

Not scientific, just from tons and tons of reading & stats I looked at. Most new moms recognize movement between weeks 20 & 22. Once they realize it for what it is, they also realize that maybe they'd felt it sooner but mistook it for something else. I felt mine and knew what it was right at 21 weeks, but I may have felt it a few times before and dismissed it as "weird gas bubbles."

I remember - I was visiting my parents and had run into a store, was coming out with bags, and suddenly had this feeling like something flicked me from inside, but I felt it in my bladder. I got to their house and told my mom that either I had to pee and couldn't, or felt the baby move.

All my friends had told me it would feel like butterflies in my stomach, like you're nervous and can't figure out why. I never felt anything like that.

I remember 4 distinct feelings (what I felt for several months before there was enough size/strength to feel/see more)... 1) little "flicks" that felt just like a tiny person flicking me on the inside 2) little "somersaults" that felt like something about the size of a plum free spinning 3) "nudges" that felt kind of like someone putting their finger on your and doing a very slow & deliberate push (think like someone pushing a doorbell) 4) a somewhat uncomfortable feeling that I always likened to someone grabbing a string that's attached to my uterus and pulling it inward. Really weird feeling. Friends have hypothesized this was the baby kicking the cord.

From that day on, every day has been a waiting game to feel or see more movement, because that's reassurance that everything is still ok. More than once or twice a day it's time to just lay down and feel until I feel some movement, at which point I know all is well and I can go on about my business.