quick·en
Intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): quick·ened; quick·en·ing
1: to come to life ; especially : to enter into a phase of active growth and development
2: to reach the stage of gestation at which fetal motion is felt
3: to shine more brightly
4: to become more rapid
So...Su is now feeling the baby moving, and we heard its heartbeat racing along at 140 bpm on Friday. I guess this means that the baby is quickening. (definition #2)
Wow! Everything is just quickening! (definition #3) Is that MY heart I feel quickening? (definition #5)
Go Crumpet, go Crumpet! - Love, Mommy
P.S. Baby love. There's just no accounting for it!
3 comments:
Yay! I think it's a girl... :)
Yay! I miss feeling those first few kicks. Not so much the middle of the night ones at the very end but the beginning ones were so cool. Glad things are going well on your end!
*gleeful claps*
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