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nicademus20
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Is my baby having a party in there?! Rapid "shudders"?
nicademus20
member
I am 38 and week 28 with my first.
Sometimes, it feels like I have no kicks, punches or any movements. But then after some time of rest--it feels like shudders and flailing legs of kicks and like my baby is trying to escape.
The "shudders" scare me though because it feels like a very rapid movement as if my baby is having a seizure.
Has anyone else felt such a rapid quick succession of movements?
I know baby's nervous system is still developing, so I try to attribute that feeling to that.
But it sure feels like tuckered out where I feel nothing for a long while (seems few hours) and then a PARTY!!
Side note: I'm bringing these sensations up with my obstrician tomorrow. I did go to the hospital to check on baby 2 weeks ago after almost 3 days of "no" movement as I am new to the sensations.
Turns out baby was on his back and so all that movement was mostly directed upwards. Everything was fine, but when he changed positions is when I began to feel the "rapid shudders". When I looked it up, it reads as a somewhat common occurrence.
Wondering what other people have experienced :)
Sometimes, it feels like I have no kicks, punches or any movements. But then after some time of rest--it feels like shudders and flailing legs of kicks and like my baby is trying to escape.
The "shudders" scare me though because it feels like a very rapid movement as if my baby is having a seizure.
Has anyone else felt such a rapid quick succession of movements?
I know baby's nervous system is still developing, so I try to attribute that feeling to that.
But it sure feels like tuckered out where I feel nothing for a long while (seems few hours) and then a PARTY!!
Side note: I'm bringing these sensations up with my obstrician tomorrow. I did go to the hospital to check on baby 2 weeks ago after almost 3 days of "no" movement as I am new to the sensations.
Turns out baby was on his back and so all that movement was mostly directed upwards. Everything was fine, but when he changed positions is when I began to feel the "rapid shudders". When I looked it up, it reads as a somewhat common occurrence.
Wondering what other people have experienced :)
Re: Is my baby having a party in there?! Rapid "shudders"?
The obstrician said it is most likely reflexes. The shudders feel too rapid to be hiccups. It feels like as quick movement as when a cat scratches its neck, shockingly quick, and only last a couple seconds.
Which would make sense for developing reflexes I suppose. It is a very odd sensation to feel as I have been expecting regular feeling kicks/stretches/jabs/punches, and have never heard of the rapid shudder movement until I felt it at times and looked it up.