You like to move it move it
This morning as I was lying in bed trying to convince myself to get up and start my day (after being awake YET AGAIN from 5 am to 6:30 am and then falling back asleep right before the alarm went off which, despite what one may think, does not equal totally awesome), I felt it. The it that I have been waiting to feel since day one, and not the gassy, stomach growl it. I really think that I felt my baby move!
I was lying on my left side, bedroom windows open, listening to a neighbor repeatedly try to start a car that was notworkingforGod'ssake! As I contemplated what I could say to this neighbor who was starting his car 50 billion times in a row, probably doing even worse damage to the car, I felt a soft fluttering on my left side. I stopped, thought about what was happening, and then convinced myself that I could not be feeling this baby move this early in my pregnancy. Despite the evidence yesterday from our sonogram that this kid is all over the place, I was doing a really good job of telling myself that my insomnia had finally caught up with me.
The fluttering continued for a little while longer. The feeling reminded me of how overworked muscles feel. I have worked out so hard in the past that my muscles will shake, and this felt similar. Only, I have not worked my stomach muscles out in quite some time (really, it's not a beer gut, it's a baby) so it couldn't be muscle fatigue. The fluttering/muscle shaking didn't last long, maybe 5-10 seconds and then it left. I was still reeling between possibly feeling my baby move for the first time and doubting myself that was what I actually felt, and then the movement came back again. This time I let it happen for a little while and then I pressed where I was feeling the fluttering and it just magically stopped. I am pretty sure that was my kid in there saying hi and it made my day, hell it made my year. I am simultaneously excited beyond belief and scared to death to meet this kid, and today the realization that YES, I am actually going to birth a baby was made even more evident with this kid moving around. This kid's birthday is much closer than I would actually like to admit, and feeling it move for the first time makes me realize that time is going to fly by between now and February.
Oh kiddie kid kid, keep moving around and letting me know that you are okay. That makes me so very happy. I can't wait for your Dad to feel you say hi for the first time. In my opinion it is better than my wedding day, birthday, Christmas, and Halloween all on the same day which is saying A LOT.
I was lying on my left side, bedroom windows open, listening to a neighbor repeatedly try to start a car that was notworkingforGod'ssake! As I contemplated what I could say to this neighbor who was starting his car 50 billion times in a row, probably doing even worse damage to the car, I felt a soft fluttering on my left side. I stopped, thought about what was happening, and then convinced myself that I could not be feeling this baby move this early in my pregnancy. Despite the evidence yesterday from our sonogram that this kid is all over the place, I was doing a really good job of telling myself that my insomnia had finally caught up with me.
The fluttering continued for a little while longer. The feeling reminded me of how overworked muscles feel. I have worked out so hard in the past that my muscles will shake, and this felt similar. Only, I have not worked my stomach muscles out in quite some time (really, it's not a beer gut, it's a baby) so it couldn't be muscle fatigue. The fluttering/muscle shaking didn't last long, maybe 5-10 seconds and then it left. I was still reeling between possibly feeling my baby move for the first time and doubting myself that was what I actually felt, and then the movement came back again. This time I let it happen for a little while and then I pressed where I was feeling the fluttering and it just magically stopped. I am pretty sure that was my kid in there saying hi and it made my day, hell it made my year. I am simultaneously excited beyond belief and scared to death to meet this kid, and today the realization that YES, I am actually going to birth a baby was made even more evident with this kid moving around. This kid's birthday is much closer than I would actually like to admit, and feeling it move for the first time makes me realize that time is going to fly by between now and February.
Oh kiddie kid kid, keep moving around and letting me know that you are okay. That makes me so very happy. I can't wait for your Dad to feel you say hi for the first time. In my opinion it is better than my wedding day, birthday, Christmas, and Halloween all on the same day which is saying A LOT.
posted by Al at 12:14 PM
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