Baby Squirt: The Quickening
“Quickening” is such a creepy word. It sounds like something out of a horror movie. It’s something zombies do or when sleeper human clones become aware of their true origins. In reality, it means the moment that a pregnant woman first feels the baby moving around inside her. Come to think of it, that’s pretty creepy, too.
14 weeks is on the absurdly early side to feel anything moving, so I’m only about 85% confident that’s what was going on. It’s happened twice so far, and at this point it doesn’t feel like much. The baby’s still pretty low and tiny so it wasn’t so much of a kick as a slight “shift” down there that didn’t coincide with any other rumblings or heartbeats or anything. I wouldn’t have noticed it either time it happened if I hadn’t been lying perfectly still and already had my attention focused inward. The first time it was because I was trying to fall asleep and the second was while we were experiencing a bit of turbulence while flying. Meditation is the key to success in both situations.
Since I’m definitely in the second trimester, all my “omg you’re newly pregnant” symptoms are rapidly fading. Until the bump gets more pronounced and the babe starts twitching on a regular basis, I don’t have much to “remind” me that I’m pregnant or that everything’s still going well in there.
Even tiny “probably quickening” twinges are a great spirit-lifter.
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