Belgian poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck once wrote a fairy tale named the Blue Bird. In this work, the author describes how the soul of a baby, waits in the hall of the Blue Palace (Paradise) to be born, and comes down when called by the mother.
Although this is a fairy tale, it brings out a[......]

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Tags: baby soul, Connecting to my baby | Fetal Education, Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Late-Pregnancy | mommy | May 25, 2008 10:50 am | Comments (0)

Looking at my tummy, I am wondering how my baby positions herself inside.
Sometimes I felt her little head moving in the lower part of my tummy. Especially when I sat, I felt her little head or fist turning aournd anxiously there, urging me to stand up. Sometimes I felt a little bump near my belly b[......]

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Tags: Baby position | Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Late-Pregnancy | mommy | May 22, 2008 12:57 pm | Comments (0)

What is fetal hiccups? How come baby has hiccups inside the tummy since there is no air there? Here are the answers I found. [......]

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Tags: baby hiccups, baby movements, fetal hiccups, Fetal Movements, From Mommy | Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Late-Pregnancy, Pregnancy | mommy | April 22, 2008 7:32 am | Comments (0)

With her body growing, there is less and less room in the uterus for her to play. Therefore, there are less kicking, punching and knocking. Instead, there are more swirling, turning and rolling.
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Tags: Changes of fetal movements | Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Late-Pregnancy, Pregnancy | mommy | April 15, 2008 8:40 am | Comments (0)

Message 4: I don’t like noise
Nobody likes noise, either does my baby.
One night, I washed dishes near the sink. The clashes of dishes, glasses, silverware, and pots struck up an unharmonious tune. I didn’t notice it until I felt baby moving restlessly in my tummy. I didn’t notice her movements when[......]

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Tags: Fetal Movements | Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Late-Pregnancy | mommy | March 25, 2008 7:32 am | Comments (0)

Message 3: I like rubbing and patting

Since I felt my baby’s first movement, I have been noticing she likes rubbing and patting. When she is agitated, anxious, or restless, rubbing and patting always calm her down, or moderate her movements.
Along with rubbing and patting, sometimes I talk to her, [......]

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Tags: Fetal Movements | Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Late-Pregnancy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | March 19, 2008 12:57 pm | Comments (0)

Message 2: I need more space
My baby and I have to come to a compromise on what position I should sleep.

Whenever I tried to sleep on my left side, I felt my baby begin to move, kick and stretch. When I moved to my right side, she didn’t like it either. When I lied on my back, she began to calm dow[......]

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Tags: fetal movement, Mid-Pregnancy | Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | February 26, 2008 8:52 am | Comments (0)

Fetal movement refers to motion of a fetus caused by its own muscle activity. It is usually felt around the 17th – 20th week from the last menstual period. Cyclic patterns of activity/sleep are thought to take place with “quiet” sleep cycles lasting from 10 to 60 minutes. Daily number of movem[......]

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Tags: Fetal Movements, Mid-Pregnancy | Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | February 19, 2008 8:43 am | Comments (0)

According Dr. Thomas R. Verny, one of the world’s leading authorities on the effect of the prenatal and early postnatal environment on personality development, maternal feelings and moods are linked to hormones and neurotransmitters that travel through the bloodstream and across the placenta t[......]

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Tags: fetal education, Fetal Movements, Mid-Pregnancy | Fetal Education, Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | February 11, 2008 12:54 pm | Comments (1)

After the first time to feel baby’s movement, I began to get used to his/her movements everyday. With the time going, I began to identify the pattern of his/her movements.
1. Increased movements before meal: breakfast, lunch and dinner. It seems baby knows “it is time for dinner”. Sometimes around 1[......]

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Tags: Fetal Movements, Mid-Pregnancy | Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | January 31, 2008 7:59 am | Comments (0)