Movement milestone

On Saturday, July 25, 2009, at about 10:30am (20weeks 6 days pregnant), DH felt the firecracker move for the very first time. It was awesome! I was sitting on the couch in the living room reading (the baby bargains book) and DH was on the computer in the adjoining dining room. As I was reading, I was leaning back, which allowed my forearms to rest on my belly, sort of as a prop (yes, I'm getting that much bigger...21 week photo coming up in next post). Then I felt baby boy kick in what appears to be a favorite spot of his, on the right side of my belly, up high. He did it again, and I felt him on the outside (on my forearm). So I called DH over, didn't say anything and and just placed his hand on that spot. (I had been trying to get DH to feel him move for the past few days with no luck). And the little boy did us proud, he kicked twice in about 20 seconds and each time I said, there, did you feel it, and DH, said, yeah, he did! We were stoked! It almost brought tears to my eyes to be able to share that moment with him. It's something I've always been looking forward to in pregnancy, and the moment finally arrived. It was awesome! We were both so thrilled. Anterior placenta's got nothing on me. =)

I consider this to be such a significant milestone, something much more so than when I first began to feel the baby move because recognizing baby's movements was something that eventually crept up on me. What began as feeling potential gas bubbles eventually developed into a realization that that was baby moving. But the first time that DH gets to feel baby, now that's a real milestone; it went from nothing to DH getting to feel his first child (and son) move. That's such a beautiful thing to share with the man you love, your best friend. I'm sooooo thankful and grateful to have been blessed with that gift and I know that I'm lucky to have had that experience.

I feel like this is just a preview of what more joy is in store for us...all those awesome moments where we'll look at our newborn son sleeping and gaze in awe at the beauty we've created together and wonder in excitement as to what's yet to come. This little life will be depending on both of us for the next two decades at least! OMG! lol. (Ok, I'm not going to get carried away with this, I'll get back down to earth now).

Baby boy's movements are still not fully pronounced, but I'm feeling them more often. There has just been two times, both when I'm lying on my right side, when he's kicked hard enough to make me jump (both times he also kicked my ticklish spot on my side, so I think that has something to do with causing me to involuntarily squirm). Other than that, his kicks are still pretty light, like someone tapping inside of me, and it's been difficult for me tofeel his movements from the outside. I admit that I am slightly grateful that his kicks are still light because I know there will soon be many a time when his movements will be waking me up or causing me some other discomfort. For now, they're just light rumblings and taps in my stomach. He's kicking now as I type this blog!