Flutterings...
Last night, sitting on the sofa after dinner, I had some niggly stomach pains that wouldn't go away - not cramps, nothing like that, but more like muscular pains. I'm pretty sure that's because the little internal fascist has decided that, despite only being the size of a navel orange, it needs the equivalent of an olympic-sized swimming pool to thrash around in and is busily shoving everything out of the way of my expanding uterus and stretching my stomach muscles from the inside.
Anyhoo, I decided to try stretching a bit to see if that would sort things out.I lay down on the floor, on my back, stretched my legs out, then bent them up at the knees and rolled my knees from side to side to stretch the muscles around my belly and hips. Then I felt it - a little fluttering sensation just below my belly button, like holding a large moth in your cupped hands.
I hope it was the baby moving, and not just the effects of sausage casserole on my digestive system...
I'm 15 weeks and 2 days along - according to http://www.babycentre.co.uk/ :
Although you've probably gained between 2.2kg and 4.5kg, your baby weighs in at only about 70g. He measures nearly 9.1cm long, crown to rump. You may not know it when it happens, but your tiny tenant frequently gets the hiccups, which babies learn to do before breathing. Babies don't make any sound because their windpipe (trachea) is filled with fluid rather than air.
Your baby's legs are growing longer than his arms now and all his joints and limbs can move. His genitals may be developed enough to show on an ultrasound scan. You'll have to wait a little longer, though, to find out if you're expecting a boy or a girl. Your next scheduled scan is at about 20 weeks.
This middle stage of pregnancy is a good time to start exercising.
You may want to think ahead and book antenatal classes. Whether you are a first-time mum or want a refresher course, you're bound to benefit from a structured class. No matter what the philosophy behind it, a class can help prepare you for the rigours of labour and birth. You should plan to have completed the classes by 37 weeks, when you'll be considered full-term and labour could start at any time.
Good time to start exercising? Har....
Anyhoo, I decided to try stretching a bit to see if that would sort things out.I lay down on the floor, on my back, stretched my legs out, then bent them up at the knees and rolled my knees from side to side to stretch the muscles around my belly and hips. Then I felt it - a little fluttering sensation just below my belly button, like holding a large moth in your cupped hands.
I hope it was the baby moving, and not just the effects of sausage casserole on my digestive system...
I'm 15 weeks and 2 days along - according to http://www.babycentre.co.uk/ :
Although you've probably gained between 2.2kg and 4.5kg, your baby weighs in at only about 70g. He measures nearly 9.1cm long, crown to rump. You may not know it when it happens, but your tiny tenant frequently gets the hiccups, which babies learn to do before breathing. Babies don't make any sound because their windpipe (trachea) is filled with fluid rather than air.
Your baby's legs are growing longer than his arms now and all his joints and limbs can move. His genitals may be developed enough to show on an ultrasound scan. You'll have to wait a little longer, though, to find out if you're expecting a boy or a girl. Your next scheduled scan is at about 20 weeks.
This middle stage of pregnancy is a good time to start exercising.
You may want to think ahead and book antenatal classes. Whether you are a first-time mum or want a refresher course, you're bound to benefit from a structured class. No matter what the philosophy behind it, a class can help prepare you for the rigours of labour and birth. You should plan to have completed the classes by 37 weeks, when you'll be considered full-term and labour could start at any time.
Good time to start exercising? Har....
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