Pure Bliss

That's really the best phrase I can think of to express the feeling that arises when you start to feel your little one moving about inside of you. This is the moment I have anxiously awaited since finding out we were pregnant, and it has finally arrived! It is truly indescribable to explain what it feels like as well as how much joy it brings.

I first felt movement two nights ago as I was just laying down for bed and for the past couple days that was really the only situation in which I could feel him/her. However, today while laying on the couch I felt more distinct movement and I immediately remembered how those first nudges and flips feel from my pregnancy with Y. I was beyond happy! And finally today after dinner I have been able to feel the movement while sitting upright.

I've been anticipating this day for a while now. With Y I first felt her move at 20 weeks and I know that they generally say you can feel it earlier with your second pregnancy simply because you know what the feeling feels like. Now I just can't wait to take Y's little hand and place it on my belly so that she can feel her sibling kicking and moving. But I realize that is still a few weeks away, but I'll be patient.

This is truly one of the best feeling in the world, second only to holding that precious baby for the first time!

Oh Happy Day..

This news is too exciting not to share and so much so that I wanted to create a separate post for it! But I gotta give you some background information first.

Every night since I first knew I was feeling Y move (about a month now) B has laid in bed with his hand on my belly waiting and trying to feel her move. Well she typically has a very precise moving schedule because it's always the same time at night when she starts to move around the most. Well unfortunately for B, he's usually sound asleep by the time that happens and on the few times he was awake he was never able to feel it...until last night. We were up pretty stinkin' late last night and after brushing my teeth and getting in bed, she started doing her early morning jumping jacks. And B, with his hand on my belly begins to ask me, "Are you doing that" to which I reply, "No, that's all her." I think he got to feel her jumping around 2 or 3 times so we both went to bed really happy "with me in my kerchief and he in his hat, we then settled down for what felt like a long winters nap" (it got pretty cold last night).

On The Move

So early Tuesday morning, about 7:30am, I was sitting at school waiting for the bank to open and studying for my final to pass the time. I was sitting very still and for the first time I can say I was 100% positive that I felt our baby moving, and I have felt it move so much since then. It feels like flipper is flopping around in my stomach so I think I'll refer to him/her as flipper instead of Booger (maybe B will like that a little more). Although, hopefully after tomorrow I'll be able to refer to him/her by his/her actual name but that will only work if it's a girl. If it's a boy he'll be called Flipper until we can think of and agree on a name for him. But anyway, back to the baby movement. This is the most awesome experience, not to mention a huge relief. I am a worrier and I always wanna know that everything is okay and now that I can feel it moving I am constantly reassured that all is well. Every time that i feel him/her moving in there I smile or laugh, I think B might think I'm crazy, but all I know to say is that it's an amazing feeling to be able to FEEL life inside of you. I do think we'll have to work on his/her bedtime though because kicking and flipping around isn't necessary at 11pm. Another discovery that I've made is that he/she moves around more after I eat, be it breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack. I must be a really good cook because I think it really likes my food. ha ha. Anyway, I'm sure you'll all be hanging around the blog tomorrow waiting for me to post. And I just ask you to be patient, I promise you I will post tomorrow though. I already have a list made out of people to call, people to email and people to text message, so after that's done then I'll jump on here and post. Deal?...Deal. (Not that it would matter if you said no deal anyway)! ha ha. Until tomorrow...