Baby Practice Breathing :)

Lalala2326 · July 2015

I love the baby practice breathing movements! There is very little that I actually enjoy about pregnancy. Most movement actually hurts, but that very light almost panting feeling is awesome and its physically visible now from the outside even

I remember it very distinctly with my daughter too. Anyone else getting this yet? Mine started somewhere between 33 and 34 weeks with this one though I've heard not every mom ends up feeling it and sometimes not till later.

bpwife&mama · July 2015

I had no idea this happened...

Lalala2326 · July 2015

I don't think everyone ends up feeling up for some reason, but my doctor confirmed last time around that's what it is, and there are lots of articles on it if you search for it (and youtube videos :P). Its just such a cool feeling/sight. Its how they get the surfactant into their lungs so that they inflate properly when they are born. They quickly "breathe" amniotic fluid in and out.

Lalala2326 · July 2015

This one shows it pretty well. It looks just like that!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Ho-f6b2CM

Baby2HG · July 2015

That's crazy. First time hearing of this and I'm a stm.

atthemoment · July 2015

This. Ive had this happen a bunch of times but had no idea what it was! I have seen ds breathing on an ultrasound. The tech showed me his belly moving up and down

CaliforniaDream87 · July 2015

bpwife&mama said:
I had no idea this happened...

Haha ditto! At this point I have no idea what my stomach is doing.

ptelfra · July 2015

So that's what that is!!! Amazing :x

Seed0824 · July 2015

I've seen it on the ultrasound but not on my own. I didn't know either that this even happens so when the tech said "ok good she is practicing breathing," I was surprised.

jlsweets · July 2015

My doctor said it happens and he can see it too, it is amazing. I can't distinguish the movements either. Only definite thing I know is the hiccups ha

mrsb30 · July 2015

My belly moves all the time, but I can't tell what's going on in there. I can distinguish hiccups vs kicks/rolls but that's it.

gulimz · July 2015

I don't even know what hiccups feel like =(
This looks awesome. I wonder if it happened and I missed it =/

Lalala2326 · July 2015

Well now everyone has something to hopefully look forward to

Baby often gets hiccups shortly afterwards. I guess that's common too. Something about the practice breathing gives them hiccups. So nice to have constant movement for a little while that doesn't hurt at all! Also great to see them using their little lungs and getting ready

laylababe3 · July 2015

I've seen my LO practice breathe, completely amazing!

awebsteWed218778 · July 2015

Babes had the hiccups for the first time the other night! It was so cool! These are the moments that make me forget about all the crappy parts of pregnancy!

taylorharber1108 · July 2015

That's what that is? I had no idea, how awesome. I thought maybe somehow I could see his heartbeat lol.

aj0803 · July 2015

My baby does this a lot now, mostly at night. I'm 35 weeks btw and the first time I noticed it was maybe 2 weeks ago. Pregnancy is such an empowering experience and I love being able to witness these developments knowing that my body is working hard to get him to each stage of development!