The newest development in pregnancy this week is that I can see the fetus move- from the outside. This has happened several times since Saturday, which was exactly 24 weeks. It is very, very strange.
If you've never had one of these pregnant bellies before, you should know they they are hard and not jelly-like. I always wondered that, now I know. It it hard like a mostly inflated volleyball and does not go much higher than my belly botton. It is not rock hard, you can push in on it and there is very little resistance. When the fetus moves around, I can feel some waves of hardness, probably a back or head or butt moving against the walls of the uterus. In the last week, a body part will be extended quickly, then pulled back in and my outer belly skin actually moves. This freaked our friend Mike out last weekend, he said that is the creepiest thing he can imagine about pregnancy. I can think of a few others, but acknowledge that it is weird. I expected something like this later on, when the kid is more like 5, 6, or 7 lbs and doesn't have much space in there to move around so the ineveitable arm, leg, or elbow will jut out as he or she makes themself comfortable. I did not expect it when the fetus is 1-2 lbs!!
No one else has seen this besides Rob and I, but I'm guessing it will happen again. I wish I had a photo of Rob's eyes growing into saucers the first time I pointed it out to him. Just wait.
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