Fetal Movement = Termed as ‘Quickening‘.

I started to feel very mild baby movement since yesterday morning. Before I fell asleep, I lying quietly on the bed and stay still my position just to feel my baby movement once again. I felt the baby gentle move again. I just love the feeling. Really hope can feel the baby movement more often!! Simply like that kind of fluttering feeling, like butterfly flying against the inner skin of my tummy. That is the most amazing part of both my pregnancy. That’s why I love being pregnant.

From my experience on first pregnancy.
Pregnant woman will not feel the baby until sometime after 16 weeks, even though the baby actually already started moving at 7 or 8 weeks. Just like what we see on the ultrasound during the gynae visit. Like my first pregnancy I could feel the fetal movement as early as 16 weeks. Current one is slightly later, though some people said that veteran mom might notice the movement earlier than first time moms cause a woman who has been pregnant before can more easily distinguish her baby's kick. And also thinner women tend to feel movement earlier and more often than women who carry more weight.

At first the kicks you notice will be few and far between. You may feel several movements one day and then none the next day. Actually the baby is moving and kicking regularly causes many of his jolts & jerks are not yet strong enough for us to feel. But in 2nd trimester onward, those movements will become stronger and more regular.

I’ll be expecting more obvious movements from now on. Hee~

And Huihui does raise her concern and worry about lesser movement on certain days. If you worry, start keep track and count the number of movement (kicks, twitches and whole body movements all counted) each day once you are feeling the baby movement regularly. Pay attention to them and let your gynea know once if you notice a large decrease in your baby's movement. Less movement may signal a problem. Dr Khi do have the Fetal Movement Chart Form. You can get one from her to start counting the movement each day. I couldn’t remember the number of count per day the baby movement should have, Shall check with her tomorrow.

~ Today my lil baby mouse are 17 weeks and 1 day. ~

Labels: 2nd Trimester, Fetal movement, Pregnancy