So, I'm the unemotional mom...

Lyette1206 · March 2016

STM, 25 weeks.
am I the only one who thinks these kicks are weird and creepy feeling? There's a certain movement baby does that almost feels like a slither or a wiggle, and it creeps me out every time. Sometimes the kicks make me flinch because they creep me out so much. Definitely not one of those moms who cry over how beautiful it all is, lol.
On Monday, I had an important/stressful day at work. As I was waiting for my turn to present, baby kept doing the weird wiggle. And I actually said "listen kid, you're going to have to cut it out, because that's distracting as hell".

huskypuppy14 · March 2016

I like them for the most part. He doesn't bother me at work too much, so I could see that being distracting. Sometimes a hard kick will startle me, but usually he is active when I'm lounging on the couch or in bed.

Rosehip15 · March 2016

I'm right behind you sister.

goldie987 · March 2016

I think they're kind of weird too but I'm super paranoid about something going wrong (no reason why, I'm just an anxious person) so it's reassuring to feel her moving around, even if it is a bit weird. It's weirder if I actually sit down to think about the fact that there's a small human living parasitically off my blood supply who is doing the moving.

lebeauoiseau · March 2016

I, too, am in the "there's an alien in my stomach" camp.

CourtJack · March 2016

I love them. But not in a cry with joy way. They just remind me that my feeling like sh$t most of the time, actually has a purpose.

DeePaddy24 · March 2016

CourtJack said:

I love them. But not in a cry with joy way. They just remind me that my feeling like sh$t most of the time, actually has a purpose.

Yes, this!

HighFive16 · March 2016

I get what you are saying 100%. I love the kicks for the fact that they reassure me that he is there but I don't flutter with joy every time I feel them either and at times they freak me out! Sometimes I think I am in denial that there is a baby in there tbh!. I was the same with DD though.

BabyboyS2016 · March 2016

Sometimes they actually make me nauseous because he's kicking my guts so hard, but like @courtjack, I remember that's my little guy in there!

BlueJuice · March 2016

I like knowing that s/he's hanging out and cool in there, but the actual sensation is not usually all that pleasant and can be downright unsettling. Especially now that s/he's getting bigger and has started doing this uncomfortable 'stretching out in both directions' thing. Stop that, kid!

Tawny87 · March 2016

I love my children but I'm certainly not sentimental about pregnancy. Actually, I'm not a very emotional or sentimental person in general lol. I'm over here like is it time for me to be the only person in this body yet...?!

nightwitch · March 2016

Yeah, here's my horrible secret, I HATE children. Was full on super joyful when my OBGYN diagnosed me with PCOS over a decade ago and told me I would most likely need in vitro if I wanted children. Which I didn't. And then the universe decided to have a nice laugh at my fat, 41 year old, just bought a 90 year old house with 4 staircases, bad wiring, lead paint and asbestos ass by allowing me to get pregnant. Oh and in the worst school district in the city (who cares? I'm not having kids! Hahaha!)

Had a full on panic attack at my sister's house in January when her twin sons had their 4th birthday party (she also has a 5 year old son) because their house was full of screeching brats and I realized just how much I STILL hate children. People keep assuring me I will love mine. I am praying this is the case or he might get left at the fire station.

All that being said, I finally bonded (took about 5 months) with this little parasite inside me and now am freaking out if I don't feel him kicking. But I most definitely don't get weepy as he's kicking me in the old vag like he's trying to get out.

RMLandy · March 2016

@nightwitch I also never wanted/liked kids. My own mother did not believe me when I told her I was pregnant with my first. But turns out I like him so much, I was willing to have one more (but ONLY 1 more)

ahernandez16 · March 2016

It's comforting to know that he's safe and doing well in there, so for that reason I love them. It helps keep my anxiety level down.

However, he typically kicks either right below my ribcage or stomps on my cervix/bladder which hurts and makes me flinch and I've literally said "OH COME ON" out loud a few times. He did so a somersault really close to the wall of my uterus that I physically saw happening on the outside and that creeped me out. Haha he can keep his somersaults to the middle of my uterus from now on.

Lyette1206 · March 2016

@ahernandez16 the belly movement just gets worse!! Just wait until you're talking to someone and they're staring at your belly like you're some sort of freak because it's rolling and twitching and crazy!!

VikingGirl12 · March 2016

I had borderline too much fluid with my first pregnancy and did not feel hardcore movements like I am with this one. It freaks me out but I'm obsessed with it. Some of her kicks take me by surprise and I flinch away. But I can't stop pushing my bump to see what I can feel.. It's like a creepy obsession

HBamama2B · March 2016

I love feeling him kick and roll. It's the only part of pregnancy I've enjoyed.

But my mom had the same reaction as OP. When she was pregnant with her first, my dad took her to see Alien in the theater. He had already seen the film and made sure to goose her during the popping out of the chest moment. I'm amazed there were more children instead of a divorce. Now I've decided I have to watch the movie while pregnant to carry on the tradition.

kbequette08 · March 2016

There are definitely times where his kicks feel like a punch in the stomach but I too panic when he doesn't move as much so its reassuring when's active.

purplefan1 · March 2016

I'm with @VikingGirl12 I feel obsessed with the movement. They are definitely not all very comfortable and since I sit all day and talk with people the baby seems to be active during the whole day which means I do weird face cringes at times when I get a swift kick. But I love love love the movement because I feel reassured that baby is still in there and is OK. Getting kicked in the bladder is no bueno though. And many of the kicks and jabs are still not strong enough to really bother me plus I have an anterior placenta so I miss a lot of them. Prior to pregnancy the kicking part really weirded me out. The whole thought of something living inside of me weirded me out! Every time we see it on the ultrasound the first thought is "wtf that can't be inside of me". Then the baby yawns or something and I think " oh that's just cute. But weird.".

Sydvicious08 · March 2016

I don't mind the kicks, they are reassurance for me. However, it freaks my H out! He hates it and can't stand to touch my belly to feel kicks. Of course, I grab his hand all the time so he can feel.

I keep telling him that he should be used to it, this is our 4th.

dairygirl93 · March 2016

Hey, technically lurking from July 2016, but my due date keeps switching from June 28, to July 1st. I like the kicks because I get worried if I go too long without them. I started feeling really detached when I realized how excited family, friends and coworkers were about the actual pregnancy and I'm just not. I'm only excited for physically having my baby with me, not inside me. This is my first pregnancy and I feel like I should feel more into it than I am. I don't care much for doing a nursery (I haven't even started), buying anything for baby seems ridiculous to me. Why buy something that I can't use right now? Yet I feel completely unprepared (no surprises there). Ha. Perhaps I'm just impatient

totsabounding · March 2016

Agree that the movements feel SO weird sometimes--this baby has given me some jolts (in the form of Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks to the uterus), and plenty of bladder/cervix kicks. Today, I don't know what she was doing in there, but she pushed up towards the top of my belly and it actually hurt. Like others, I'm thankful for the movements, because of the reassurance, but man are they weird and uncomfortable sometimes.

kwife15 · March 2016

Anterior placenta here so he's just getting into groove. I love it and keep wondering what is he thinking in there. Kicks to the bladder not fun, I'm worried I'll pee myself one of those days.

peregrinefalconx · March 2016

Wait until you can see them move all over the place and not just feel it (if you can't already see it). That is a true alien moment. I do feel like they are reassuring and like the baby is saying, "Heeeyyy...." I feel like we are now communicating because the last two days, she's either poked her bum out or head out in this weird way that makes my stomach taut. I can press her there and she'll move to another position. That's been cool.

samsonator · March 2016

Tawny87 said:

I love my children but I'm certainly not sentimental about pregnancy. Actually, I'm not a very emotional or sentimental person in general lol. I'm over here like is it time for me to be the only person in this body yet...?!

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Stuck in quote box. I never thought of it like this: I'm not the only person in my body right now. Woah. Lemme go process that!

ahernandez16 · March 2016

peregrinefalconx said:

Wait until you can see them move all over the place and not just feel it (if you can't already see it). That is a true alien moment. I do feel like they are reassuring and like the baby is saying, "Heeeyyy...." I feel like we are now communicating because the last two days, she's either poked her bum out or head out in this weird way that makes my stomach taut. I can press her there and she'll move to another position. That's been cool.

Haha! I actually really like poking my little guy. H tells me not to bug him when he's sleeping and I'm like, "well he bugs me when I'm sleeping!"

Plus I think it's really cool that I can kind of "communicate" with him already in that way.

mrsb8244 · March 2016

I love the kicks and movement but it definitely is freaky! The other day when I was getting ready for bed they were really strong so I started watching my belly and it was moving around like crazy. He must've been doing flips or something and that really freaked me out. I took a video of it and showed my mom and she cried. I was like oops was I supposed to be emotional about this?!

@ahernandez16 I was poking our little guy to make him move and husband literally said to me "Don't do that! His head is still soft, you're going to give him brain damage!" He was 100% serious. I couldn't help myself and legit laughed out loud. First, I've never heard of this happening in the history of pregnancy. Second, I'm graduating from nurse practitioner school in less than 2 months...I'm aware how medical things work and also aware of the anatomy of his skull but thank you for the info lol

Lyette1206 · March 2016

Dont get me wrong, I like the reassurance that baby is doing well in there. I just don't get fuzzy about them. And they really do give me the creeps sometimes.
i wasn't overly emotional with my first pregnancy either. Weird little alien beings!!

26pointrunningfor2 · March 2016

You all comfort me. I'm not a fuzzy warm person-- never wanted kids, and I'm still not overly emotional about this one (DH on the other hand is an emotional mess. I keep joking that he's the one with the mother gene). I find the kicks uncomfortable most of the time, but reassuring nonetheless.

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