Experiments in Life

It’s finally happened…

I can’t believe it…

I have finally felt the baby move! And how strange it is

I originally thought that I felt the baby move the week of Christmas. However, I was still very unsure since it was very ‘light’ and it occurred just before drifting to sleep. After Saturday, there is no doubt in my mind that I have felt the little one squirming about. And what a squirmer he/she is!

Jonathan was playing on the laptop and I was cross stitching Sat. afternoon. All the while, we were listening to music being piped through the stereo from Jon’s new ipod and ipod dock. We listened to a variety of music for most of the afternoon, and that is when it happened. I believe we were listening to some hard driving rock when I started to feel something. At first I wasn’t sure if it was the baby or not. But then it kept happening over and over, so much so that I knew it wasn’t some random body thing going on. The baby quitened down and took a nap after the rock was over, but then started squirming again later. I don’t remember what we were listening to then. I do know that the baby showed no preference for the arias we listened to later that evening Who knows, maybe we have a little musician in the works

Now I’ve been feeling the baby off and on since then and it has been weird. Granted, I’ve had 20 weeks to get use to the idea of a baby growing inside me, but it is very different to know that and to know that. It is definitely becoming more real to me as I continue to feel the movements our unborn child is making. It’s quite miraculous. Jonathan now gets an even bigger kick out of trying to wake the baby up by poking and jiggling my belly. One day, the kid is going to kick him

I can’t wait for Jonathan to be able to feel the baby move as well. I think there will be some magical bonding moments for the three of us when that day comes.

I really feel that I should talk about something insightful, about what it means to me to feel the baby moving for the first time. But I am at a loss for words. I simply cannot get over the amazement and wonder of what I am feeling, both emotionally and physically. Perhaps in a few days I will be able to better put my emotions into words, but until then I’ll be quietly waiting for little Tater Tot to move somemore.

Squirm away little one

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