I absolutely, positively am in love. I love feeling the baby move, little bumps and jiggles. I could just close my eyes and melt away in my joy. Oh yes, this is why I loved pregnancy so much. This was why I glowed.

I’m feeling baby move a lot more often now. It seemed that just this week it really picked up – I had been feeling something every few days, but the last few days it’s been every evening. I’m feeling a lot more, and in more places – even to the front now, which surprizes me a little. I do tend to feel kicks mostly to the sides and top, but once in a while I get one to the front. It feels much more active in there, more alive. I also feel a lot more pressure/pushing… like baby is shoving in one direction, like when Devin used to stretch his legs. It’s a prolonged feeling instead of quick, and just feels kind of odd, really.

I love that I seem to have active babies.

I have tried laying my hand on my belly to see if I can feel anything from the outside, but so far yet I have no answer to that, as this baby stubbornly refuses to kick while my hand is on my belly. It all stops completely. This one is going to be troublesome, like Devin was.

My belly is starting to feel heavy. It seems to depend on the baby’s position – and how full my bladder is – but there are many times in a day where I just feel tender and full in my lower belly. Leaning up against the counter at all is not comfortable.

I had another customer today ask if I was expecting. This time, with this particular person, I did not feel like enlightening her on my past history. I just smiled politely when my husband has no previous children (she knows he is older and was married previously). But I did wince inwardly when, in her excitement, she said, “Well I’m sure everything will go fine, you’re so young!” Oh, lady, if you only knew how wrong you are. I just kept smiling and murmured that I am sure she is right, everything will be fine.

I am surprized so far it’s only happened twice so far. I think the belly is getting pretty obvious… as are the boobs.