I have some exciting news to share this time around, along with a new photo of the baby. The doctor was not able to determine the gender of the baby, but he did say it is probably a girl since he was not able to see anything to prove otherwise. On the other hand, there is still definitely a good chance that the baby is a boy, and he said not to start picking out blankets or curtains just yet. So what it boils down to, is that we still don't know. ^_^ We are going to try again to figure it out next time, and hopefully the baby will be more cooperative.
But that is not my exciting news. What IS exciting, is that I felt the baby move last night!! I was a little bit confused at first, because The Book (my nifty daily pregnancy journal) said that while some women do notice movement at this point, most do not begin to feel the baby move until the month 5 or 6. I'd been sitting on the bed reading, and it felt like someone had run their finger up the center of my belly, but from the inside. Like I said, I was confused at first, but then I realized that it felt completely different from other things, and that it must have been an elbow (or something) brushing against my belly as the baby moved. It was so fleeting I almost wonder if I imagined it, but I know I didn't. I called Brandon immediately to tell him (he was TDY but he's home now) even though I knew he was probably sleeping. It was just too cool not to tell him, and he (thankfully) agreed. I think it has happened once or twice since then, but not as...strong. (That's not the right word, but I think you know what I mean.) This is so cool!!
That's so cool that you felt the baby move. It kinda gave me a freaky feeling inside though.. thinking of what that would feel like.
ReplyDeleteHow far along are you? When I started feeling it I thought it felt like butterflies fluttering around. So that's probably pretty similar to what you felt. It's cool that you noticed it. A lot of people don't notice it on their first babies until later. :)
ReplyDeletei'm so excited for you! that is such a cool thing, it's giving me kind of a tingling feeling inside because i'm so happy for you.
ReplyDeleteFeeling them move was one of my most favorite things.
ReplyDeleteYour gonna make me cry! I'm so excited for you! I loved that feeling of them moving...until later when you want to poke them and tell them to stop becasue you'd like to sleep!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!! I'm super excited too, It was the coolest thing. Kelly, I am right at the end of 4 months/16 weeks. I had resigned myself that I wouldn't be able to feel it until later, so I'm ecstatic that I was able to feel it this early. And Jen, do me a favor and remind me how awesome it is, when I'm complaining about not being able to sleep at night. :)
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