I felt it with DS and I've been feeling it with this baby girl the last couple of weeks. I swear that's what I'm feeling!
It's a soft up and down, rhythmic movement that lasts for some time. Definitely not hiccups... I know what those feel like.
Anyone else experience this kind of movement? Do you think it's the baby practicing breathing?
pomegranate / 3895 posts
I have no idea what it feels like, but we saw him doing it at an ultrasound at 34 weeks. I'm super impressed that you can tell!
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
I remember that. It totally weirded me out! Like panting!
pomelo / 5228 posts
I'm not sure I would've guessed that that's what he was doing! I'm going to pay attention now though 
pineapple / 12566 posts
I felt something that sounds like that with my son, maybe the last 6 weeks or so. If I remember correctly, he was definitely head down, but I think his back was along my right side.
bananas / 9357 posts
@sorrycharlie: yes it feels like panting!
@Mrs. Jump Rope: @Alivoo01: nope! I can definitely tell the difference between this and hiccuping. The hiccups feel like quick little jolts that are rhythmic.
kiwi / 687 posts
Yes! I think. When it started DH and I wondered if it might be masturbation (which happens! Google if you dare!) or sucking but once he was born and we saw/felt him breathing, I'm pretty sure you're right. Definitely different from hiccups.
papaya / 10343 posts
Huh! I felt something like that and never knew what it was. I always sort of assumed that it was the placenta pulsing or something? Lol I don't even know if it does that. I always meant to ask my doc but never remembered. That totally could've been what she was doing though!
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
@anandam: OMG this made me laugh at my desk...haha I've never heard of this (and way to scared to google it)
persimmon / 1153 posts
@anandam: WHAT?! LOL! Oh my goodness...BOYS!
I always assumed it was hiccuping towards the end. So cool that you can tell the difference!
kiwi / 687 posts
@LuLu Mom: @theotherstark: lol didn't mean to hijack the thread! Our minds were in the gutter apparently but it was a slow rhythmic movement and that's what it reminded us of!
@EMG86: Haha yes, we were team green and it was when we felt this that I was like, oh this is a boy. And it was!
No sign of that behavior on the outside though so I do think breathing movements are what we actually were feeling.
pomegranate / 3045 posts
@anandam: HA too funny.
@mrskc: It's so crazy you can differentiate!!
bananas / 9357 posts
@anandam: what?! Craziness. Never heard of that. lol But yeah, once DS was born and I saw him breathing, it seemed like the same thing I was feeling.
papaya / 10473 posts
I didn't ever specifically feel it, but I saw it on our biophysical profile, and it was soooo cool!
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