20 Weeks, 1 Day

Well, we made it! I woke up this morning and just felt peaceful about being in the SECOND half of my pregnancy and about being less than 20 weeks away until we get to see little Wes. The official due date is September 5. Of course, anytime before then is welcome, the last time we went to see him, the sono tech moved the date up to late August based on his measurments.

I think the coolest thing that is happening is that I feel the baby move. I was laying in bed the other night and before it started and I felt two little twingy-like thumps really low in my abdomen. I thought, that was weird. Then it hit me - maybe that was the baby moving! I couldn’t be sure, so I didn’t jump to any conclusions, because they say that in your first pregnancy, you usually don’t notice movement until closer to 16-20 weeks. Technically, they say you can feel it as early as 12 weeks if you know what you’re looking for, I was right at 18.5 weeks, so I wasn’t really expecting it. So anyway, I kept concentrating on feeling anything, and I didn’t for the rest of the night or next day.

BUT THEN! The next night as I was trying to fall asleep, and I felt the SAME thing, only it was a bunch of little thumps. They say it should feel like “butterflies,” “bubbles,” or “flutters,” but to be honest, I’d describe mine more like popcorn popping.

I could just picture the little guy there just punching and kicking away. I figured it was one of two extremes. he was either in there having a good ol’ time and dancing up a storm…or maybe he was lashing out in anger, performing high kicks and right jabs while saying, “Hey! MOM! When in the heck am I going to get out of this place?!? It’s dark! And boring! Are you even listening to me?!?”

Every once in a while I’ll feel a faint little movement, almost like the baby is rolling, but it’s usually when I’m lying on my back in bed or driving and really paying attention.

It will be nice when I feel it more frequently and when it’s more noticeable without me having to really concentrate on whether I am feeling anything.