Comments | woodwindy: Good one, kiddo

woodwindy

Good one, kiddo

May 25, 2007 11:22

We had a small incident yesterday. Everything is fine now. However ( Read more... )

coming soon, paranoid first-time mother

Comments 22

patrikia May 25 2007, 15:56:50 UTC

Oh, boy, we are all in some SERIOUS trouble with this one! : )

Glad to know everything is OK.

woodwindy May 25 2007, 17:06:27 UTC

Yeah, I'm a little concerned that she may have her father's deadpan sense of humor! ;)

suba_al_hadid May 25 2007, 16:01:07 UTC

Heh. She's going to keep this up you know.

woodwindy May 25 2007, 17:06:52 UTC

*grin* And we thought little girls were easier...

beckishadow May 27 2007, 20:33:32 UTC

Bwahahaha!!!

/wipes tear

/composes self

Yes, they're easier.

ladybird97 May 25 2007, 16:07:41 UTC

*hug* Ohmygosh, how terrifying!

I'm so so happy that everything is OK!

Hey you in there, Baby Girl! Don't scare Mommy like that anymore, OK?

woodwindy May 25 2007, 17:07:33 UTC

Thanks. Mommy will try not to scare herself unnecessarily from now on, too. *grin*

orichalcum May 25 2007, 16:26:35 UTC

Oh wow do I feel your anxiety. Sometimes they just nap for a while, but it's so hard not to panic when you get used to regular thumping.

For the record, it was true in our case that kicky fetuses turn into kicky babies. And in general, better safe than sorry.

You may have tried this already, but I found that fairly emphatic abdominal massage was the best way to restart movement. Also, deep bass music - church organs would invariably drive the Wumpus crazy. Fetuses can hear low tones much better than high ones - presumably so they can learn their dad's voice.

woodwindy May 25 2007, 17:09:53 UTC

I actually haven't tried the massage yet, but will if anything like this happens again. I've noticed the sprout definitely reacts to music with a lot of heavy percussion -- maybe I ought to keep a taiko CD in the car! :)

digitalemur May 25 2007, 17:23:53 UTC

Listening to pistol matches works too; my mother competed while carrying me, and amniotic fluid carries sound very well, and I have forgiven her, but I will never _forget_. The pistol she used is painfully loud, and she was on a line with 9 other people, firing rapid groups of 5 shots each with similarly loud pistols. I hope I kicked her a lot for that.

Taiko sounds like a safer bet. Or get some Bach organ works.

woodwindy May 25 2007, 22:04:02 UTC

... wow. Yeah, I was planning on shooting some archery but not so much with the live ammo. :)

christianet May 25 2007, 16:35:03 UTC

Oh, what a relief!

I am amused that the kid decides to engage in the aerobics until after the monitors were hooked up. Perhaps she craved an audience?

woodwindy May 25 2007, 17:35:58 UTC

*grin* I hate to speculate, but I think we may be growing a little performer here, yep.