I've had the baby all to myself for a few weeks now and it's been a really special time, feeling the little one moving around inside my belly. The movements are getting stronger day by day and we've now moved on from eye-twitches to hand grabs!
Bubs is very active and is not afraid to let me know she's there at any time of the day! It really is an amazing feeling and I love it! Sometimes I'd be presenting in a meeting and she'd kick me nice and square so much that it startles me and I wonder if people can see me jolting!
Just the other night, I was desperate for Ben to share my experience with me... we were lying in bed and baby was moving around like jumping beans. Ben rested his hand on my tummy waiting for a sign, but after a few minutes... nothing. A little disappointed, he declared "I think we can safely conclude that it's too early for me to feel anything just yet"... bubs was not impressed at her father's statement and fiercely punched him to prove a point! Daddy was very chuffed and the smile on his face was gold!
Can't wait for when Ben gets kicked in the middle of the night in his sleep!!!
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I liken myself to a cat in the mornings - I always like to have a stretch before getting out of bed, but being pregnant I now have trained myself to avoid my feline movements at all costs... oh the cramps, the cramps!~!!
Quite often, I would unconsciously stretch in my sleep in the early hours of the morning and a severe cramp unlike any cramp I've ever experienced before would kick in and I'd scream out in pain and bring the walls down... Poor Ben doesn't know what's hit him, startled as he jolts up in bed freaking out at my screams! My calf muscles seize up and I'm totally incapacitated as Ben sympathetically (and sheepishly) tries to massage the pain out through my tears and my incomprehensible words...
This morning, I woke to the mother of all mother of cramps but this time it ran all the way up the back of my leg too. Awesome. It's 4pm and I'm still having trouble walking from the legacy it's left behind.
They say that cramping during pregnancy could be due to iron, magnesium, potassium, salt and/or calcium deficiencies... time to change my diet I think... for the last 5 months, I've been put off by meat (although I'm getting better now) and can't put down bananas. I'm lactose intolerant and my doctor had me on a low-salt diet. All this is probably not helping!!
I'm off to the shops now to buy some bananas, salt & vinegar chips and brazil nuts!
Ahh... add cramps to the ever-growing list of the joys of pregnancy!
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Well, well, well, the little one has finally decided to wake from his slumber and give mumma a sign that he's well and truly around!!
I've been anxiously waiting with baited breath for the last few weeks... We're just over 20 weeks now and I read that the first signs of movement can come as early as 17 weeks for some, but usually between 20 and 24 is the norm (with first timers more on the latter end)
A few days ago I had a big argument with our not-so-friendly and soon-to-be-neighbour over a house matter... My blood was boiling and there was steam shooting out of my ears and through it, I felt a strong (but not at all unpleasant) "grab" coming from inside my tummy... I dismissed it at the time...
Then, the next night while we were lying in bed chatting, I felt something grab me from the inside of my tummy... weird... not a feeling I've felt before, but again I dismissed it...
But today, as I was resting on the couch with mom I felt a fluttering sensation in my belly... kind of like butterflies, like excitement. Could this possibly be baby? When it happened again but a little stronger about an hour later, I got really excited!! He's awake!! And as I write this entry, he nudged again!!
Today is a happy day!
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