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Mummies can u help a curious 1st tym pregnant mum to be

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buthow · 13/08/2013 12:16

Hello mummies. When exactly does the bby start kicking? I dnt feel anything at all only see a growing tummy I'm 17weeks but there re no kicks jus silent, tho sometimes I feel this pain if I walk too much or if I'm too thirsty. Is my baby now getting hungry? Can he/she hear voices now? Wen I'm hungry ma stomach makes this roar like grrrrrrrrhhhhh. Could it be e baby making noises coz they feel the hunger too? Does any one know lol. These free clinics I go to dnt hv tym to explain these thngs and I will start gng to a private doctor wen I cn now see e sex thts were I cn get most answers I guess but for now can anyone tell me.

Will he/she be very hungry soon after delivery? I mean won't I still be in pain to breast feed? How soon am I supposed to breast feed after delivery and how soon after delivery can I get a DNA test? Can i get it as soon as the following day?

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Mogz · 13/08/2013 13:22

Have a search online for week by week pregnancy development, you'll soon get loads of info.
Just remember everyone's pregnancy progresses differently, so like with kicking some feel baby move early on and some (like my mum when she had me) never feel baby kick at all.
Congratulations and good luck.

LegArmpits · 13/08/2013 13:35

Lol

TheFantasticFixit · 13/08/2013 13:58

Er, okay. Wow. Your post is quite hard to understand with all the text speak but I'll have a go:

Your tummy rumbling is unlikely to be your baby making his/her hunger known - and it's unlikely that you could know now, in utero, that they are 'hungry'. Even when you aren't eating, the placenta will be keeping the baby sustained and healthy. The baby doesn't directly receive what you eat, if you see what I mean. There is no air in the bump, and so sound cannot be carried - therefore even though your baby might practise (later on) the facial muscles for crying, and smiling etc, you wouldn't be able to hear any noise.

The movements that I felt early on where more like gas popping. In fact I remember calling my mum and telling her that I felt like I had a bad tummy but didn't seem to need the loo or anything! That popping sensation slowly became flutters (like tiny tickles, or like a butterfly inside your lower abdomen) and then kicks later on. As previous poster has said, it depends where the placenta is lying in your bump as to how strongly you might feel the baby. Ie - if you ave an anterior (at the front of the bump) placenta (look in your scan notes, it should be on there) you may not feel as much as if the placenta is posterior (at the back).

The baby will 'root' for milk when they are placed on you post birth, and you will be encouraged to breastfeeding. The milk doesn't come in straight away, but you have a special milk for those early days that is vitally important for the baby and contains rich nutrients to give them the best start. This is called colostrum. Your milk will come in after 1-2 days, and your breasts will engorge - you'll be desperate for the baby to feed to relieve you! If you have a normal delivery, you may be a bit sore after, and exhausted, but feeding shouldn't be too much of a problem. Your baby will instinctively try and find the milk, so with the midwives help (if you need it), you can encourage baby to latch on a feed straight away.
You may find it useful to go to a breastfeeding class - some antenatal clinics run these, or the NCT will no doubt have one, or you may find it is part of your antenatal classes.

Other than that, try and read as much as possible on here, baby centre, Kellymom is good too. There are some great books as well like What to Expect When You Are Expecting that you might find answers a lot of the questions you have.

Good luck Thanks

buthow · 13/08/2013 15:26

Thankyou for the replies good people

Mogz lemme google online hey great tip

TheFantasticFixit wow tht was great thnk u explained quite a lot I'm on the light on some of these now seriously I'm blank abt all the pregnancy n bby staff I'm 26 n 1st bby n clueless, re u an experienced mum or midwife?

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MonstersDontCry · 13/08/2013 15:42
Hmm
picnicbasketcase · 13/08/2013 15:45

I second that emoticon.

Rosenip · 13/08/2013 16:46

This is a joke post right?

Rosenip · 13/08/2013 16:46

The baby making growling noises that you can hear at 17 weeks?

Yonionekanobe · 13/08/2013 17:27

26? Okay.

buthow · 13/08/2013 18:50

Did I offend u guys by asking.. I'm jus curious how is tht wrong? Sorry if its childish I'm jus really curious and I dnt know anythng abt pregnancy and I thot here there re mummies who cn explain but I thnk those who took their time and replied it enlighted me more thn u know

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KellyHopter · 13/08/2013 18:53

Come on now Mummies, stop hatin'

NarkyNamechanger · 13/08/2013 18:56

Is your keyboard broken? You keep missing out lots of letters.

BitBewildered · 13/08/2013 18:59

It is generally considered impolite to post using text speak on MN. That is why people are responding like that. Text speak is difficult to read for many posters and many others just think it is ugly and lazy.

FWIW I felt my babies move at around 18 weeks. Good luck and congratulations. Smile

Yonionekanobe · 13/08/2013 19:02

No, almost impressed a 26 year old has that level of command of text speak. (Almost)!

I felt DC1 around 20 weeks and DC2 a few weeks earlier. Definitely not heard their stomachs rumble though!

monkeyfacegrace · 13/08/2013 19:04

Mummies, get wid it. Dis gurl needs a dna to fnd out who da daddy is innit. Stop tkng da piss n help her.

Bubs iz prob hungry hun. Tri n eat proper.

LynetteScavo · 13/08/2013 19:04

picnicbasketcase Aren't those the words to a song from them '80's?

LynetteScavo · 13/08/2013 19:08

You need to get yourself to Waterstones and buy a good pregnancy book.

Then buy a good baby book.

I recommend "What To Expect When You Are Expecting" and "What to expect in the first year".

LynetteScavo · 13/08/2013 19:10

www.genetrack.co.uk/?gclid=CM3nkJOC-7gCFY7LtAodGCcAMQ

Never used this website, but it looks like it could do the job.

buthow · 13/08/2013 20:53

Thankyou but I still don't understand how this post is offensive?

I will ask admin to delete it I was merely asking

Thankyou for the helpful answers Sad

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SaucyJack · 13/08/2013 20:57

Much better buthow Smile

Try asking again, in the manner expected of an adult talking to other adults and you'll get a much pleasanter response. Promise

eddiewhy · 13/08/2013 21:12

U dnt have to delete your post dear... If u did wrong people should politely tell you and not be mean. You were simply asking don't let people pull you down. I have been reading yo posts and I know what you have been through and I know you come here for comfort so if anyone doesn't like your post let them ignore than respond nasty we are here to support each other not criticise and the sad part is that these are mommies adults with kids mostly I'm sure they could have acted more mature about this and not more childish and critical. If their kids are being dissed like this it wouldn't be fair and its ok to correct someone who wrote wrongly not criticise them were is the adult in that?

I'm sorry buthow I know you were innocently asking too bad some moms are not considerate

buthow · 13/08/2013 21:23

thanks I didn't think my post was bad and thanku for following my posts it means a lot. Today I had decided to stop writing about my bad histroy and talk or ask about my baby but it didn't go well with most readers. And even after apologising I still got further made to feel bad I guess in a way they have taught me something, they can't all be wrong

On 2nd thot eddiewhy I will leave it for sone else who might be answered like me.

But all were not so mean some answered politely big thnks to those my apologies once more

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BitBewildered · 13/08/2013 23:29

Don't go if you don't want to. People here tend not to like text speak very much. There have been threads about it Grin. There's lots of support here, and helpful advice. Thanks

pinkyredrose · 13/08/2013 23:33

DNA test?! Jeremy Kyle?

BitBewildered · 14/08/2013 00:24

What do you mean pinky?