Belly Photo: week 22

Babies are the size of spaghetti squash (8" long, 1 lb)

Belly Photo: Week 21

This photo's almost 2 weeks late - but better late than never. 

Babies are the size of bananas (7" long, 11 oz)

A Week of Firsts

Well, the new year has started off with a bang, or more precisely, a kick.  The lava bubbles have officially turned into kicks and punches.  I felt the first kicks/punches on New Year's Day and man, they caught me by surprise.  I knew instantly what they were.  And it was one of the most awesome feelings I'd ever felt.  Once the kicks/punches started, I didn't want them to stop - but they eventually died down.


And today I actually saw one of the girls (both of the girls?) kick/punch me.  I was lying on the couch and felt some kicks/punches so I looked down at my stomach.  And the next time I felt a kick, I saw the movement on my belly.  It happened a few times and I have to say it was strange.  And awesome.  I have these little active kickers in me and it's definitely making the pregnancy seem even realer.  I think I saw the kicks because my bladder was super full, crowding the babies and pushing them tighter against my ab muscles.  But I'm totally making that up because I'm not a doctor and have no idea why I was able to see the kick.  (Who knows, maybe it was just really big gas bubbles popping.) 

Now that I know that I can feel the girls kick, I keep hoping they'll kick again so I can feel them again.