One of the funny things about pregnancy is how huge you (as in the pregnant woman) think you are and how you really aren't all that big. Last post I mentioned that I have a small bump. The type of bump that is totally unnoticeable depending on what I am wearing. More form fitting clothes make me look more obviously pregnant. Yesterday must have been one of those unnoticeable type of days because I was out of the office doing follow-up interviews with some older adult women that took part in one of our fall prevention classes. During several of the interviews, I mentioned that I was pregnant. After telling them that I was due in August, several of them responded, "Well where is the baby?!?! You should be showing!". Um, maybe they didn't hear me correctly that I said AUGUST...not APRIL.
One of them went so far as to ask me to turn around b/c "maybe you're showing from the back". Um, lady if I'm showing from the back, I DON'T want to know about it. It was pretty funny. I was in a good mood so these things made me laugh instead of cry.
I also determined that the belly band should come with a warning: do not wear more than 8 hours. I wore my belly band from 7:45 AM to 9:00 PM on Monday and wanted to fling it across the room by the time I could take it off. I think I may only be able to handle 1 or 2 days a week max of that thing. Today's maternity dress is oh so much more comfortable!
In more exciting news, I think I can feel the baby move! It started the night before last - at 1:30 AM none the less. I was laying on my stomach in bed, trying to fall back asleep. I must have been tossing and turning for a while because my husband was also awake. At first, I wasn't sure but when the fluttery feeling kept happening, I whispered, "I think I can feel the baby". It was pretty cool. It happened again last night - at a more reasonable hour. I haven't noticed anything during the day but I am pretty all over the place and not really paying as close attention. Books, my doctor and friends have described the feeling as bubbles in your uterus, butterflies, or a fish swimming around in there. I can't really think of any other ways to describe it but that is about it. My husband put his ear on my belly last night to determine if he could hear anything but couldn't. I think he is very excited for when you can actually feel movement from the outside. Last night's flutters occurred after he made me the most delicious homemade hot cocoa so I think the baby is already developing a taste for chocolate...maybe it's a girl! ha ha ha
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Ah, pregnancy comments. And you will be astonished when you look back at pictures of yourself. I just looked at the ones right before Felix was born when I was sure I tipped the scales at 300 lbs, and I looked barely pregnant (I mean, relatively speaking).
ReplyDeleteAnd if you think you felt the baby move, you did. EXCITING!! you'll notice it more at night b/c during the day you are rocking her back and forth, lulling him to sleep (see, I chose both genders there). And then when they come out, they like to go with that pattern sometimes--sleep all day, party at night. You should try to ring a bell sometime--we did that and Felix totally responded in utero.