Worms. Butterflies. Gusts of air. Wishful thinking.
I’ve been trying for the past few days to accurately describe the sensations I’m feeling in my stomach these days but I really can’t come up with the right words. Sometimes I think I’m just imagining things, making up a reality simply because my stack of pregnancy books tells me this is what happens at this stage. Starting around 16 or 17 weeks, “you should start to feel your little bean kick!” What To Expect When You’re Expecting coos in its trademark cloying voice. “You’ll feel your baby’s first fluttering movements, what doctors and other health care professionals call quickening,” The Mayo Clinic Guide To Healthy Pregnancy states matter of factly. What To Expect… is that female teacher who wore themed sweaters for every holiday. The Mayo Clinic is that aloof male teacher everyone respected but could never get a good read on.
When people ask how I’m feeling, I want to tell them about the sensations, but I come up short.
“I feel, like,” I stammer and gesture erratically in the area of my stomach. “I don’t know, I think I can feel things.”
Brilliant.
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Ha, that is awesome.
My sister refers to it as butterflies, but I would just think that Hot Pocket wasn’t sitting well or somthing.