Butterfly Kisses

So, as I near my 3rd Trimester, I'm very pleased to say that Jackson has been moving around quite a bit in utero. I find it comforting. Since I can't get an ultrasound every day (nor can I install a door in my belly that allows me to check on things), those kicks and flips let me know that at the very least he's still viable. When I'm up and about he's not doing much. He gets going when I've been sitting still for awhile. Someone told me that my walking rocks him to sleep. (I did NOT hear this from my Dr., so don't take this as a cold, hard fact.) I guess when I'm sitting down he's like Hey, get the hell up and do something! I wanna sleep!

I was told that when I first felt the baby move, it would be a "flutter." I guess I missed that stage, or it's been incorrectly described. The first movements I felt were either like someone poking me with their finger, (but from the inside) or an odd twisting of my innards that is reminiscent of the feeling you get after eating bad Mexican food and right before you realize you're about to spend some time on the potty. Though I suppose neither of those descriptions aren't what the cutesy Mommy-and-Me website are looking for.... so they can stick with "flutter."

These days he's really going at it. It's like a Tae Bo class in there sometimes. Now I would describe it as being what the earth must have felt like when those giant worms were rumbling around in "Tremors." Or what it's like right before the alien/infestation pops our of your body in those sci-fi films. And I hear it'll just get more intense as the weeks go on. I can't wait! Now and then I see my stomach pop or jerk. It's gonna rock when he's bigger and really moving around. It is so cool in a creepy kind of way.