well, i think joe jinxed us a little bit by nick-naming our baby after a gymnast. yes, it's true she did have her legs over her face during her ultrasound, but still. in the past 2 weeks i have been feeling more and more movement. it started on the wednesday night of week 19. i had laid down to bed and i felt two fluttery, thumping movements. enough of a movement to think "what in the world was that?", and then it was over. there really is no way to describe what it feels like, except for it DOES NOT feel like gas. i have heard people describe the movements as feeling like gas, but why in the world would you have gas feelings in the front of your stomach??
anyway, after that night i felt movements every other day or so. nothing that joe could feel by putting his hand on my belly, but rather movements i can feel from the inside. and then the dance party/floor exercise routine started. it all started the day i got home from the trip to vegas. we have rented a doppler so we can hear her heartbeat whenever we want, and when i arrived home we decided to give a listen. (i think joe had been missing the baby). we did the doppler and heard her little heartbeat. then, i decided to place my hand on my belly. and she kicked back. i saw my belly move.....it moved my hand. and i SCREAMED. it scared me. and that started it all. since then i have felt movement pretty much everyday. it seems like she is more active during the day, especially when i am sitting down. yesterday while sitting in class it felt like she was going for the gold in the summer olympics. at one point i looked down and saw my stomach move. it's so crazy, but so amazing. i can't wait for joe to get home for new orleans, because i think he'll finally be able to feel her move for himself.
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Awesome, you have now changed forever. I would say when you hear the heartbeat you change but when you feel the baby move wether from the inside (the mother) or outside(the father) you then have the realness of having a baby sink it. It isnt just a noise coming from a box or a photo on a small screen, it is a kicking, moving spinning thing. When you feel the baby actually move and you can see it, i think then the change happens...At lease I think thats when it happens.
Also you said you felt the first when "you lay down to bed" what is this the "little women" who say lay down to bed, really? I love the eloquence of the wording but come on.
Girl - i can just imagine you screaming and i'm cracking up!
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