Quickening

Quickening

(kwĭk'ən)

v. intr.

To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.

We have reached Quickening! I have been thinking for weeks now that MAYBE I felt something, but then I couldn't feel it again. Last night, laying in bed, I felt definite "thuds" really low on my stomach. It was right after I drank a full-sugar soda. It must have had a jolt of energy from the sugar! I just had one again (a treat!), and I felt it there again. Pretty exciting. I think I was remembering what it felt like late in my pregnancy, and that is not what it feels like now. I forgot how subtle it is at first. It isn't to the point yet where I think Matt or Abby would be able to feel it, but that will come.

So, the above picture is one I saw years ago in an e-mail forward (not my stomach!), and I found it again online for this post. I don't think it can possibly be real, probably photoshopped, but it is still a cool picture.