Baby shaking (inside)

[chemE_momE]

What is that when all of the sudden you can feel your baby shaking inside -- like vibrating a few times -- and then it stops? What's she doing in there?

[maranapanda]

I have been to afraid to ask.... :

[lunabelly]

I've not felt this. Just hiccups here.

[cynde]

I have this too!

hope someone has thoughts on this. felt it a few, rare times earler but now it has happened a couple times in the last 2 days.

[sparkprincess]

Me too!!! I'm thinking/hoping it must be okay. Baby is still active, heart rate has been fine, etc.

[angel1895]

the babes just trying to run a marathon really really fast in utero...
practice makes perfect right?

[Full Heart]

All my babies have done that too. Have no idea what it is. Maybe they get the hebee jebees . All our love is sending a shiver up their spine I don't know. Maybe they get stuck and can't get out again lol.

[deuxceleste]

Mine does it too and it doesn't bother me except when people look at me funny and say "um did your stomach just shake?"

[reducereuserecycle]

Mine does this a lot and I have a theory on what it is. You know how (especially when you first wake up) when you stretch out your arm or leg really far and it kinda shakes for a few seconds, that is what I think it is.

[Mummytwice]

Originally Posted by reducereuserecycle

Mine does this a lot and I have a theory on what it is. You know how (especially when you first wake up) when you stretch out your arm or leg really far and it kinda shakes for a few seconds, that is what I think it is.

This is what I have thought. DD did it while on the inside- and when she got out, every once in a while she would shake a leg. The rythem was the same as what I felt while pg with her. This babe does it too, though not as often. And it looks funny.

[lunadoula]

Not sure but related - the other day I felt the baby startle all of a sudden and it scared the crap out of me! I seriously felt all four limbs go out and though my belly might burst!

[didkisa]

Originally Posted by reducereuserecycle

Mine does this a lot and I have a theory on what it is. You know how (especially when you first wake up) when you stretch out your arm or leg really far and it kinda shakes for a few seconds, that is what I think it is.

This is exactly what I've thought it is, too...my baby does this often as well. Doesn't concern me.

[blessed with boys]

I've been too afraid to ask too, incase it was something bad. I guess I womt worry, it looks like a few of us have babies that do this.

[marlee]

I remember feeling this exact thing with my pregnancy! It freaked my out at first. But just to reasure you all my dd is just perfect:

[jecaly]

hi, popping in from april but i think i know what this is! it's the "morro reflex" that they do for the first few months of life--where they hold their hands out and sort of vibrate in response to startling stimulus. i remember recognizing the rhythm of the movement from in utero after dd was born, and my midwife confirmed.

*j

[peacelovingmama]

I can hardly express how happy I am to see this thread -- and that others have shaking babies too! I have actually been worried that our little one has some sort of seizure disorder. But it sounds like it is much more common than I thought. Thank goodness for MDC!

Oh, and I'm from April lurking to see if March babies are starting to arrive!

[cynde]

perfect example

of why these forums are so important for us!

[habibekindheart]

All of my babies have done this at one time or another. I have no idea why...

[Wild Flowers]

This is a nice thread to see. Neither of my two girls did this. And the vibrating feeling in my belly is a little weird. I swear I didn't swallow a cell phone. I told my dh that the baby was vibrating and that it was really weird and he looked at me like I was crazy. Hadn't mentioned it to anyone else since

[chemE_momE]

Cool, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one. I don't remember feeling this with my first pregnancy. I'm glad I'm not an oddball!