March 7, 2008

Tonight I was able to experience just one more of the wonderful feelings of being pregnant. Mom has suggested to me to lay flat on my back for the last couple weeks or so and feel around on my belly and see if I can feel any kind of baby movements. She’d been reading where many girls, who are smaller, are being able to feel a slight kick right around this week of their pregnancies. I spent some time throughout the last weeks pushing around in hopes of feeling some kind of little movement, but there wasn’t anything but the gurgling of my belly. Tonight, though… I was doing the normal routine of pushing around on my belly… and all of the sudden, I felt something that I’d never felt before. It felt like a slight nudge against my fingers as I pushed. Wanting to reassure myself, I called mom and Vic down to feel the movement. And sure enough it wasn’t my imagination! Both of their eyes became as big as mine did! The more we all poked around on my belly, the more pressure the baby would kick with! Needless to say, we spent the night pushing around… and feeling the baby respond back. It was so cute because even when they were feeling the baby kick, I was able to feel the movement from the inside when the baby would kick back. I would have to say it’s the best feeling I’ve ever felt inside me! I could lay and feel that movement all day long!!! I think everyone else around me could too! Everyone gets excited when they feel the baby kicking back to the touch of their hand! It’s amazing too because as I was laying there, we were all watching my belly… and when I was really still you could see my stomach going up and down, almost like to the beat of the baby’s heartbeat. It was just right around the side of my belly button (where the baby seems to be hanging out!) We’re thinking the movement is the baby’s heartbeat coming thru my belly!!! I’m thinking this is just the beginning of the wonderful journey we’re on… Every day seems to get that much more exciting!!!