Just thought I would share a really unique pregnancy experience I had with wild dolphins on my babymoon. Apparently dolphins have affinity for women who are pregnant... I didn?t know this until my husband and I went swimming/snorkeling for a couple miles across a bay on the Big Island of Hawai?i. While we were swimming, a pod of about 30 spinner dolphins showed up and swam around with us for about an hour. This was such an incredible hour of my life ? swimming with beautiful wild dolphins with a 6-month baby belly!
Dolphin coming in for a close look at my belly?
Me 6 months pregnant, swimming with dolphins
Since then, Hawai?i locals and friends have said that they weren?t surprised that the dolphins spent so much time with me because I was pregnant, one even called me ?a little dolphin magnet.? It?s fascinating that the dolphins could view the inside of my body through sonar, and perceive the image of our skeletons (both me and the baby), as well as two heartbeats, much like how ultrasounds are used to do the same for humans.
Dolphin mama and baby
Recently I?ve thought about how cool it is that we?ll be able to tell (and show) our baby girl that she swam with wild dolphins before she was born!
BFP #1: 10/2011, Pre-eclampsia in last 6 weeks, emergency C-section, DD born 6/25/11
BFP #2: 8/16/14, Ectopic Pregnancy & Methotrexate Inj. 9/5/14, Adverse MTX reaction, HCG levels down after 2 weeks
BFP #3: 2/23/2016, EDD 10/28/2016
Re: Pregnant & Swimming with wild dolphins (PIP)
PRICELESS PICS!!!! So Beautiful, what an experience to have...Good For You!!!!
DD1, Kathleen 9/15/2007
Good idea!
BFP #1: 10/2011, Pre-eclampsia in last 6 weeks, emergency C-section, DD born 6/25/11
BFP #2: 8/16/14, Ectopic Pregnancy & Methotrexate Inj. 9/5/14, Adverse MTX reaction, HCG levels down after 2 weeks
BFP #3: 2/23/2016, EDD 10/28/2016
So amazing! Thank you so much for sharing. These pictures are just gorgeous.
I've never even thought about their sonar capability!
Here's a link short video we took with our little underwater camera too, it makes me feel like I'm there again (I think you have to be logged in to FB to see it, but I made it public, so you don't have to know me):
https://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=10150115535651918
BFP #1: 10/2011, Pre-eclampsia in last 6 weeks, emergency C-section, DD born 6/25/11
BFP #2: 8/16/14, Ectopic Pregnancy & Methotrexate Inj. 9/5/14, Adverse MTX reaction, HCG levels down after 2 weeks
BFP #3: 2/23/2016, EDD 10/28/2016
That is beyond amazing! Animals are so perceptive! So happy you had a wonderful experience on your babymoon!
Plus, it was free by doing it on our own!
BFP #1: 10/2011, Pre-eclampsia in last 6 weeks, emergency C-section, DD born 6/25/11
BFP #2: 8/16/14, Ectopic Pregnancy & Methotrexate Inj. 9/5/14, Adverse MTX reaction, HCG levels down after 2 weeks
BFP #3: 2/23/2016, EDD 10/28/2016
I am so jealous!!! Dolphins are my favorite :O)
Glad you had a good time!
How amazing! It sounds like you both had an incredible time.
I'd be hanging those pics in the nursery if I were you. They are priceless!
Same here!! We saw them on our honeymoon almost 3 years ago with PWF.
OP, those pictures are incredible!!! Lucky you!
The Sand in My Snow Boots
We were just swimming/snorkeling in the ocean on our own and wild dolphins came up - there was no one there to say we couldn't.
BFP #1: 10/2011, Pre-eclampsia in last 6 weeks, emergency C-section, DD born 6/25/11
BFP #2: 8/16/14, Ectopic Pregnancy & Methotrexate Inj. 9/5/14, Adverse MTX reaction, HCG levels down after 2 weeks
BFP #3: 2/23/2016, EDD 10/28/2016
This! I am jealous as well! We had a chance to swim with dolphins while we were in Cozumel and I was 9 weeks pregnant and they wouldn't let me do it. So MH got to do it all by himself while I had to sit in the viewer area and pout! Awesome pictures!
BFP #1: 10/2011, Pre-eclampsia in last 6 weeks, emergency C-section, DD born 6/25/11
BFP #2: 8/16/14, Ectopic Pregnancy & Methotrexate Inj. 9/5/14, Adverse MTX reaction, HCG levels down after 2 weeks
BFP #3: 2/23/2016, EDD 10/28/2016
BFP #1: 10/2011, Pre-eclampsia in last 6 weeks, emergency C-section, DD born 6/25/11
BFP #2: 8/16/14, Ectopic Pregnancy & Methotrexate Inj. 9/5/14, Adverse MTX reaction, HCG levels down after 2 weeks
BFP #3: 2/23/2016, EDD 10/28/2016