Super fast movement - update from midwife

AshleyPT

I tried to look this up and it seems that people had different experiences.  5 times in the past week I've been feeling new and different movement in addition to the normal stuff.  She kicks me super fast, like the speed of a punching a speed bag for a few seconds.  The first time it was 2 times in a row with about a minute in between and last night it was 3 times in a row.  I'm just really surprised that they can move this quickly. It does not feel like hiccups because it is rapid fire for a few seconds then stops.  I did feel like she was in a little bit of a different position after each occasion - is it just that?  How does she move so fast?!

LauraOTR

Yep, I've felt this too. I hadn't really thought about the "how" of it, but it makes me giggle when he does it.

RingOfFire11

LOL! I am having the same thing. My hubby and I refer to it as "laughing." He'll call to check in and ask "has she laughed today?"

ShandaB

I've experienced the same thing many times.  I think it's normal but was going to talk to my MW about it next week.

TashaK2011

I'm glad other mammas have been feeling this too! I was worried it was seizure like activity. It is so much faster then any other movement.

Melissa2216

I've had that a couple times also.  It felt like a woodpecker tapping inside me.  My OB says it's completely normal, although even she doesn't know how they manage to move that fast sometimes.  She said it's not hiccups though--hiccups will make my whole stomach "jump."

AshleyPT

TashaK2011:

I'm glad other mammas have been feeling this too! I was worried it was seizure like activity. It is so much faster then any other movement.

That is what I was worried about too, I think it has been the first thing I'm actually a little bit anxious about. But, I am sensitive to that because right now because I'm working with a little girl with seizures and her mom says that looking back she felt them in utero. 

AshleyPT

Melissa2216:

I've had that a couple times also.  It felt like a woodpecker tapping inside me.  My OB says it's completely normal, although even she doesn't know how they manage to move that fast sometimes.  She said it's not hiccups though--hiccups will make my whole stomach "jump."

Good to hear they are normal! I was going to ask my midwife next appointment. 

mrsbookworm

I've been experiencing this fast movement too.  I remember having some of this with my 1st pregnancy, but not nearly as much.  Glad to hear that someone's OB said it was fine.

AshleyPT

An update from what the midwife said.  She said that the still developing nervous system is why the super fast movements happen. Just in case anyone likes reasons like me.