Kick me baby one more time…

While I am not planning on following in any proverbial parenting footsteps that Britney Spears has laid (literally), I did think it was a good title for this new chapter in My Adventures in Pregnancy tale. As you may be able to guess from the title, I am (finally) feeling a lot of movement from this baby in my tummy.

I am now 21 weeks pregnant, which means we are halfway through this pregnancy! Kindly, Mother Nature helps pregnant women celebrate this milestone by giving them a good kick in the gut! All kidding aside, it is an amazing feeling to start feeling this strange little movement. Feeling the baby move around and kick calms me down by reaffirming that there is a live, growing baby inside me. Before now, we had to rely on Ultrasounds to show us the wiggles and jerks, but now I can actually feel them. I even can tell when it has the hiccups (I promise I am not drinking any wine)! My wise friends and family who have given birth before have let me in on the secret that in the beginning the kicking is great, but as the baby grows so does the intensity of the kicks. I can add middle of the night jabs to the ribs, bladder and stomach to my already restless nights of Brian snoring, trips to the bathroom and our dogs whining.

Some people say that this is Mother Nature’s way of preparing the mommy-to-be for middle of the night feedings, diaper changes and whatever else happens with infants in the middle of the night (I am unsure of what those things are yet). I say forget that….I need my sleep now! I know that once this baby is here, I will have a whole new set of worries to conjure up that will keep me up at night.

As for now, I love the little reminders through out the day that our baby offers of its life within me. Until these little reminders turn into some sort of Kung Fu Fighting match, I guess I roll with the punches (pun completely intended).

Love,
Linds