quickenings
First fetal movements
Quickenings is the plural of quickening, the moment when a pregnant woman first feels fetal movement—historically significant as the point when life was considered to begin.
More broadly, quickening means coming to life or accelerating: She felt the quickenings of hope.
The word connects to the old sense of quick meaning alive, as in "the quick and the dead."
Change in position
- flutterRapid light movement
- kickFoot-delivered strike
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- trimesterThirteen-week span
gestation · fetus · pregnancy · womb · ultrasound · expecting · maternity · antenatal
Arousing strong emotion
- rousingExciting strong feeling
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- enliveningMaking lively or spirited
invigoration · spark · kindling · revival · reanimation · inspiration · excitement · emergence
Technique creating movement illusion
- vivificationAct of giving life
- life-givingSustaining or restoring vitality
- breathAir taken in
- resurrectionRevival from death
rebirth · renewal · transformation · enlightenment · sanctification
Exceeding posted velocity limits
- hasteningCausing to occur sooner
- expeditingMaking progress faster
- fast-trackingAccelerating a procedure's timeline
- rushingRapid forward movement
surging · boosting · escalating · propelling · sprinting · spurting · revving · momentum
movement
Change in position
trimester · gestation · fetus · pregnancy · womb · ultrasound · expecting · maternity · antenatal · prenatal
stirring
Arousing strong emotion
- rousingExciting strong feeling
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
enlivening · invigoration · spark · kindling · revival · reanimation · inspiration · excitement · emergence · dawning
animation
Technique creating movement illusion
- vivificationAct of giving life
- life-givingSustaining or restoring vitality
- breathAir taken in
resurrection · rebirth · renewal · transformation · enlightenment · sanctification
speeding
Exceeding posted velocity limits
- hasteningCausing to occur sooner
- expeditingMaking progress faster
- fast-trackingAccelerating a procedure's timeline
rushing · surging · boosting · escalating · propelling · sprinting · spurting · revving · momentum · velocity
quickeningsslowdowns
Reductions in speed
decelerations · retardations · delays · hesitations · halts
quickeningsdeadening
Lessening intensity or sensitivity
dying · deaths · extinguishing · stiflings · suppressions