Quickening

For other uses, see Quickening (disambiguation).

In pregnancy terms, quickening is the moment in pregnancy when the pregnant woman starts to feel the fetus's movement in the uterus.[1] It was believed that the quickening marked the moment that a soul entered the fetus, termed ensoulment.[2]

  1. ^ Quickening in Farlex dictionary, in turn citing The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. copyright 2000
  2. ^ Bakke, Odd Magne. When Children Became People: The Birth of Childhood in Early Christianity. Fortress Press. ISBN 978-1-4514-1530-8.