Is it bad if my unborn baby moves too much?
Most people freak out at the other end.
Why?
Does it mean I’m in labor?
If you’re in labor, the kid won’t be moving
much, but your back muscles will start doing
most of the work.
I meant, most people freak out if they have
not felt the kid move in a long time, thus
start worrying about complications.
I wonder if the baby is moving too much.
You’re going to feel more as the kid gets
bigger, because it is no longer a dot floating
in an ocean but a baby doll crowded into a
shopping bag.
The baby may not be moving more, but as it
gets bigger, you feel more.
The activity seems to peak and drop.
The baby has sleep-wake cycles, too.
They certainly seem off from mine.
Do not worry, you’ll get in sync when the
piercing screams of a hungry baby are your
2 AM alarm clock.
I get kicks in the bladder at 2 AM.
You probably get them at 2 PM, too.
The kid seems to be more active early in the
morning, sometimes jumping up and down.
There are times they are flexing their muscles
and moving to exercise.
More like playing soccer.
The kid will get more active if you’re drinking
caffeine.
I can cut back on the coffee.
You sometimes feel more if there’s a full
bladder, and caffeine does the double duty
of making you need to pee more in addition
to making it more likely the kid uses the
bladder as a football.
When should I be worried about kid activity
levels?
When they start walking and climbing and getting
into everything.
I meant before birth.
They used to call the moment you felt a baby
move the quickening, because that was the
moment they thought the kid was officially
alive.
They need to catch up with the times, because
we have in utero baby pictures.
The kid is going to move around more when
disturbed, whether due to you tossing and
turning in bed trying to get comfortable or
throwing up in the morning.
I know morning sickness bothers me, but I
do not know why it would bother the baby.
You’re sound asleep when you start to hear
this horrible noise, plus the stomach noises
and regurgitation and so forth.
But even coughing and hiccups can stir the
kid to action.
So all I can do is try to cut back on the
caffeine, and try to imitate a Zen painting.
