Today I went to my first Cardinals game of the season and the little dude kicked throughout the game. I say "kicked" not knowing for sure what type of movements I am feeling, nothing as specific as a foot or a hand. The movements are hard to describe, though I feel like I should try for someone reading who has never felt this before.
I have been able to feel movements in my gut for about 3 weeks now, almost 4. At first, they were small tickles from way inside. I never confused them with "gas" as some websites and apparently some pregnant women like to do. This was no gas. The tickles got stronger, and it felt like someone brushing up against you as they walked by- only from the inside. As weeks have passed, I now feel waves of movement, and think this is perhaps our little fetus flipping around. At the 20 week scan the tech said he/she can move in any direction and while we were there, it went from being vertex (totally horizontal across my uterus) to head up and vertical, or breech. She typed b-r-e-e-c-h on one slide and I said wait a minute, I thought that kid was vertex?! I don't like that word breech, even if it can still turn itself around. I want a nice, smooth, headdown delivery in a few months. The tech said not to worry, that the fetus can move in any direction. So this is what I feel.
Sometimes the movement is more of a jab and this has to be foot or hand I am guessing. Other times, a larger section of my belly feels like it is moving so perhaps this is a butt or a head moving against the uterine walls. Rob can feel the movement now from the outside, not consistently, but if the fetus is moving I can have him wait for what probably seems like forever until he feels the faint shift of activity. I must mention that my sister is the first person besides Rob or I to feel him/her move. Two days ago, Katie and I were picking out my dress for her wedding and I felt movement so asked her to feel if she cared to. She did, and was rewarded with a solid kick.
So today, while at the game, I think the movement was almost constant. It is the most active that I have ever felt the little one. Obviously it enjoyed Pujols' 2 homeruns, Ankiel's 1 homer and diving catch, and the Cardinals 12-8 victory over the Mets as much as I did.
I would guess that with your heart rate up as much as it would normally be during a game that would really make the fetus pumped up. But no question--if you start it on the cards this early, it's hard to see how it will support any other team.
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