Childcare Diary of New Dad

21. Feel baby moving for the first time

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From the time I entered the fifth month of pregnancy,



my wife was worried, saying, "I still can't feel the fetal movements."




My younger sister gave birth to twins, so I thought she might have felt fetal movement earlier than a singleton, so I asked her.




She said, "From the middle of the 5th month, I could feel the fetal movement myself, but it was the latter half of the 7th month that I could feel it clearly from the outside."



She added, "Fetal movements are a barometer of peace of mind, and if your wife doesn't have them, she will be worried. But when I was 5 months pregnant, it was really a coincidence that I felt fetal movement, and it was just like a "small knock"! I had twins, so maybe I felt it earlier than other people! That's why it's okay!" came a message full of consideration.



In spite of myself, my sister is SOOOOO KIND. hahaha





2 weeks later…




"My baby may have moved," my wife began to feel fetal movements.




Immediately, I, the daddy, said, "Oh? Really!?"



I put my hand on my wife's belly, which was shrinking and swelling,



I asked, "Wow? Is this fetal movement?"



“This is me breathing,” she said. hahaha





A few more days later…,



"It's moving now!" my wife let me know, I put my hand on my wife's belly, then...



TWITCH!!



Certainly, there was a baby kick from the inside of my her belly that I had never felt before!!




"Wow!? Amazing!! Does fetal movement feel like you're being pushed from the inside of your belly?" I asked her,



“When your muscles are tired, you feel twitches, don't you? It's like this,” she told me.




"Oh, I see."




When I felt my baby's movements for the first time, I once again thought, "I'm going to be a dad."




I don't know how many times I thought "I'm a dad". hahaha






to be continued...

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