Monday, April 5, 2010
Kick Me with Your Best Shot
My stomach is growling, but I'm not hungry.
OMG, is it gas?
Oh wait! That's not my stomach.
It's a weird feeling the very first time you feel it moving inside. It's not so distinct that you can tell it's a kick or a punch, but more a rumbling feeling. It happens quickly and it's an instant pulse. Like you're stomach hiccuped.
The first couple of months you really don't feel anything cause there's so much room in there that it's basically floating around. In my fourth month, I started to feel the 'thumps'. At the end of my fifth month, the baby opened a Bella Karolyi Gym and is training for the 2026 Summer Olympics.
The high kick is it's specialty. It now spends hours practicing kicking. It'll 'run' from one end of my belly to the other and give me good swift kicks. Hubby has taken to playing with it. He'll tap my belly or push it in a little, and the critter will kick back. They have some kind of morse code going.
Settle down in there, don't hurt yourself.
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That is so cute that your husband is playing with the "critter"
ReplyDeleteWhen I was pregnant it was most active in the morning. It is a weird feeling at first, but you get used to it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe your Kicking Critter is really a Karate Kid. Have your husband start training him right away by rubbing your belly and saying "Wax on, wax off!"
ReplyDeleteYou should play some music, see if it responds. And what kind of music it likes.
ReplyDeleteToward the end of my pregnancy, my baby responded to music and would move around like crazy.
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