A kick in the night…

Baby Drake #2 made its presence known, At around 3am.  Could it have had any better timing?  Kiersten has been sick waking up and coughing a lot over the last few nights and I am tired all the time so I try to get sleep in whenever I can.  However last night was a bit different.  Kiersten woke up crying and coughing at around 2am and I couldn’t fall back asleep only to feel flips happening in my belly.  I was still attempting to sleep all morning however these flips kept me from falling into a deep sleep from 3am on.  When George woke up in the morning I said, I think I have started to feel this baby move and kick.  He didn’t say much as he was in a hurry to get to work.  Kiersten woke up at 6:45am and came in and laid in bed with me. Shortly after George left for work the movement started all over again, so I laid on my back, and I was surprised and shocked to see the little kicks on the outside of my belly.

You might be asking why I appeared surprised, and that’s because according to the doctors I’m only 15 weeks and some odd days.  This seems early to feel and see the baby kick.  I didn’t see or feel Kiersten until 20 weeks. And another thing that makes me suspicious that this baby is going to come earlier than they think it is… the kicks are about an inch above my belly button and they say your uterus doesn’t even hit your belly button until 20 weeks.  The only thing I can think if they are correct is that the baby is merely is kicking the top of my uterus instead of out towards the front and that’s why I feel it higher!    Either way the kicks are real, I can see them when I look at my belly and that tells me baby is healthy and active, and has been active ALL MORNING its now 9am and it started at 3am!!

On another note, My belly is growing and I’ve gotten away with wearing scrubs at work with my job so I can hide it and haven’t had to buy new clothes.  However I took a new position at work and start orientation this week and have to dress up…so this means that today… I have to go clothes shopping…not looking forward to this!