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I am sitting here and my belly is moving in regular movements but it appears that I can see and feel bub breathing??
At my antenatal on Wednesday bub was head down. but about 5-10 cm below my breasts is where I can see and feel these movements. I held my breath so i know it wasn't me and I also took my pulse at the same time so I know it wasn't from that
it is totaly weird? Could that be it? The baby moving with its breathing? if so how cool
I don't know exactly what it is, but I have had the exact same thing happen on quite a few occasions. I know what you mean about it looking like they are breathing. It is really weird and I would love to know what it is!
i will try and catch it on camera next time so others can see it. It was so cool :) I have never had that before
Nic, apparently yes it is. I had the same thing happen to me a few times now. It happened when my midwife was doing a check on me and she sat there and watched. Took my pulse etc and said it was definately bub. She had never actually seen it happen before. So there you go :D
well there ya go!! how totally cool is that. I am grinning away now thinking just how amazing it is
Do they breathe?? I thought they just practised swallowing.. hence hiccups etc.
Liz, they don't actually breathe as such but they do practise breathing. Often you can see bub practicing on a late term scan too. On my 4d scan our baby was seen breathing.
I remember seeing on our 36 weeks scan with isaac they showed us his lungs practicing.
I just had a scan to check fluid levels as i'm overdue, and the baby was practising breathing on the scan.
My obs said it was a good sign of fetal wellbeing (i.e. the placenta was still working well).
Well there ya go :) hehe
thats good to hear then :)
I keep sitting still waiting for it to happen again. I really want DH to see it
Wow that is cool
Liz, I love your ticker pic hun :D
I think it all depends on how bub is positioned too. As to how well you can see it.
heh - thanks Trish - that ones a few weeks old now actually.
All I can see moving around in my belly is little feet! I can almost tickle her feet most of the time... makes her squirm LOL.
Liz, I wish I could see little feet. Instead of a fat head bopping around !!
hehe - well it should be her bum poking out of my belly, but I'm assuming she's still posterior with the amount of limbs I'm seeing LOL. Poor little girl gets no peace tho, what with Tallon climbing all over me all the time and pressing in on the belly, and me tickling her feet. She probably feels she can fend us off better with her feet! hehe.
I also had the same thing. It was amazing.
It is amazing isn't it? did it happen more then once?
I so want to see it again
Yep, I have had it happen on a number of occasions so I'm sure it will happen again for you. I'm so glad you started this thread, I had wondered if it was bub practising breathing, but didn't think it would be possible to see it on the surface! How very cool!
well cool. I look forward to seeing it again :)
I had the same thing, we could never figure out what it was!
im so glad this thread was started... because i've noticed this happening a few times over the last week with bubs and last night my husband saw it fo the first time, he was amazed. Though neither of us new what it was we did question if it could be the baby practicing it's breathing but decided it musn't be, but now sounds like it could be!! thankyou so much it's really put a smile on my face :)
HOW COOL IS IT!!!
Cool. I am so glad i asked now. Now to get my bub to co operate and do it again LOL