The Six-Month Mark

I am now 24 weeks, and have gone through many changes.  I feel as if I look so awkward.  I always had a butt, but now my tummy sticks out just as much as my butt.  Well, actually more..lol. Do not judge me, I am just speaking the truth about how weird I feel I look.

Four weeks ago, is when I first felt my son move.  Four weeks later, I feel him more frequently.  At 20 weeks, I described his movements as air bubbles. Since he has grown, his movements feel much more distinct.  I can now distinguish if it is a poke, a kick, or just him moving around.  When I feel him move, it is so amazing.  I cannot help but smile, and think of how blessed I am.  When I feel him move, I do my best to keep my husband aware.  Not just of movements, but anything that way he does not feel left out.  When our son does move, I place Gerald’s hand on the side he is moving from.  At times I have to tell Gerald to be patient and keep his hand there, for sometimes our son’s movement will slow down to where you will believe he stopped moving, but he is good at tricking people. 

My sleeping pattern has become weird.  My energy level is starting to become better depending on my activities throughout the day.  However; at night, I cannot stay sleep throughout it.  What is weird, is it has nothing to do with my child moving and waking me up.  I just cannot sleep too long!  Maybe he is sending a signal through my body saying wake up!  Who knows?  I will go to sleep around 10:30-11 p.m. and wake up at three a.m.  It then takes me about an hour to fall back to sleep, just to wake up around eight a.m.  Oh! That is not adding the 100 times I wake up to pee.

Weeks 20-22

Every week I seem to be experiencing something exciting.  I have already written about the excitement and the embarrassment of my 20-week surprise.  Within the last three weeks, I have experienced much more.  Besides my 20-week surprise, I was able to speak with the nurse and doctor to get some great news about my baby.  They told me that everything looks great, and there is not anything they see that worries them.  I was joking with the nurse about how it  looks like my child has his father’s head.  While she was doing measurements, she let me know that as of now his head is measuring to be in the normal size range of two inches.  When I heard that I could only think..Thank God, my labor may be that much easier.  Gerald and I were also told that our baby is measuring in the three percent longer range at the moment.  Once the necessary measurements were complete, the doctor questioned if I felt any movements yet.  He has not been the only person who has asked.  I have been explaining to everyone I have yet to feel anything, and if I did, I had no clue what it felt like.  Many people have told me it will feel like butterflies, or like gas. I have not felt either one.  Two days later, I finally felt movement!  It would have been great if I was up, but..my son decided he wanted to wake mommy up at 1:30 in the morning to her first feelings of movements.  The feeling was crazy!  I had no clue what was going on with my stomach at first.  As the movements progressed I started to figure out what it was.  I have been waiting forever just to feel life inside me.  Although I was unable to sleep for 30 minutes, waiting for the movements to settle was well worth the wait.

21 weeks:

The following week Gerald and I flew back to Florida.  As we were about to land, I felt a hard kick.  I looked at my stomach, and got kicked again.  I had to tell my son to knock it off..lol, and I think he heard me, for he stopped.  I am starting to feel movement almost every other day now.  For me, the movements do not feel like butterflies, nor gas, but more like air bubbles.  I had Gerald place his hand on my tummy to fell his son.  To see the excitement on his face when he felt the movements, was priceless. 

At 22weeks, I have caught on to when it is exercise time for my baby.  He is the most active late at night.  While I sleep, he is moving.  Good thing I am used to it now, so I can sleep through the movements.  During the last 22weeks of my pregnancy, I have yet to be sick (knocks on wood).  I still get sluggish at times if I have not napped, but nothing big has been an issue.  This week, I learned that I could not eat canned vegetables.  Due to moving, Gerald and I did not want to buy many fresh vegetables or go grocery shopping.  For dinner Gerald had made some canned green beans that I usually love to eat.  Well..I guess my baby did not want that in me.  At first I was not sure that is what made me sick.  When I ate it again the next day, I was sure.  Now I know.