Prenatal Movement And Parental Response – I Can Feel My Baby Move!
I think I can feel my baby move, Whitney said, her dewy blue eyes wide with anticipation. Her voice rose at the end, turning her sentence into a query. She was a few weeks shy of the second trimester of her second successful pregnancy. Exuberantly curious, she sought validation for her awareness. Whitney was more confident with this baby than her first, but on the issue of whether or not she in fact could detect her babys movement, she was uncertain.
The delivery of Whitneys first child was by caesarean section. At the time, and now in retrospect, she questioned the procedure. It had evoked a prolonged and recurring experience of loss. She knew that she wanted to deliver her second child vaginally, and that her doctor would object.
These were the thoughts dancing in Whitneys mind when she inquired about feeling movement. She pushed them aside to be attentive for her doctors response.
No, thats not possible. Its probably just gas, Dr. Carlson said, with a sweet, preoccupied smile.
Whitney genuinely liked her doctor. She knew that Dr. Carlson was a good physician, and that...