Seizures?

Wow, I'm behind on posting this week!

Things are going well. Christina is so active and I love to feel her little body parts move around inside me. Today I could feel a large hard bump (it felt like she was trying to push herself out next to my belly button!) A short while later, Christina was on the move with fingers or toes moving under my hand. How precious!!

I had a scare of few nights ago. It felt like Christina was having a seizure! For about 5 seconds, I could feel what felt like uncontrolled spasams. A few minutes after it finished, Christina began moving all around doing what felt like summersalts! I was glad to know she was fine but I was so worried about what had just happened that I got up and searched on-line for some answers. I discovered that what I felt was quite common. Many pregnant women who were around 30 weeks had felt the same thing. I couldn't find any medical advice but the some of the guesses where that it could be anything from a baby's twitching reflex when she wakes up to some part of her getting caught on something and her trying to free herself. The last idea just sounded dumb. After a few more searches the next day I found something that makes sense to me. The following is copied from this link:

Well, Ladies....I have called my doctor, and done some research on the web. After documenting the "episodes" on paper, I have come to realize that we are not feeling the baby having a seizure...We are feeling the Uterus going through a fit of spasms. If any of you have ever exercized to the point where your muscles seem to "quake" or "shake", this is the same thing for the Uterus. It is getting a constant workout by the Braxton-Hicks contractions. And we don't always know when we are having Braxton-Hicks Contractions...but they are purposefully to "exercise" the uterus for labor and delivery. Since all of our timelines are late in the pregnancy, we've probably been experiencing these contractions for many weeks now, which would explain the uterine muscle spasms. I confirmed this with my Ob-Gyn, and was reassured that this was the most likely cause, since I know-as the pregnant one-that there is NO WAY my baby could be moving that fast!

Also, ...My doctor said that the spasms can be in one area, the whole uterus, the left side, etc etc. Just like when you work out, and your arms seem to shake, it's not always the WHOLE arm...it could be the top muscle and not the bottom, the outside and not the inside, etc. So to experience a uterine spasm in one location only, whether it is the same location every time or a different one, is fine. As long as the baby still moves regularly, and your doctor has no other concerns, I wouldn't worry about these spasms. I will NOT tell you that they are comfortable though, because I could really do without them!