Kicking

[jethrien]

I'll admit I'm incredibly relieved every time I feel Smidgen move. Not in a "oh this is amazing, I am communing with my little angel" sense so much as in a "oh thank God, kiddo, you're still alive in there". I wish my belly had a window or something so I could check on him. If I were an OB, I suspect I'd be strapping on a fetal heart monitor three times a day.

Yes, I am an anxious person by nature, why do you ask?

Comments

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

You are so going to be a helicopter mom.

[mithras03.livejournal.com]

A tummy-window like a Teletubby? Oooh, then you could get tv on there too! :-P

I am loving the updates!

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

God, I'm going to try not to be. I don't want to be--I don't think it's good for me or Smidgen. If I leave him with a responsible caregiver, then someone's paying attention to him. When he's older, and can tell me something's wrong and figure things out himself, then that'll help too. But right now, I can't tell that everything's ok. I bumped the subway pole with my belly, I accidentally ate some feta, I rolled over onto my back in my sleep and put one leg half to sleep--it probably didn't do anything, but it's not like I can check, you know?

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

For the record, I fully expect to have this same set of reactions when it's my turn. :-)

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're happy with this. Us non-breeders (or maybe just me--I'm prepared to accept it may just be me) hear this "ooh I can feel the baby move within my body" and think of this. As soon as I get over the :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO face I'm making at thinking of what this kicking must feel like, I'm sure I'll make room for an "Aw."


...aw?

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the thought has occurred to me.

It's not that bad, really. It's not that it feels like gas, but the level is not dissimilar. Like the gurgliness you normally get in your gut, only instead of gurgling, it's more tumbling or gentle poking. (So far, at least.) Generally not particularly unpleasant unless I already really have to pee and he gets a good direct shot in at my bladder. Then it's like, well, getting poked in the full bladder. Not horribly painful or upsetting, just kinda uncomfy.