4 Months Update

As I was laying in bed this morning, my eyes flew open when I felt a movement. It was like the baby was scraping a body part along the palm of my hand. This was the first time feeling him. I definitely have a bump below my belly button, although the roundness above is probably due to gaining weight. I don't feel the movements every day, as it's still early, but in a few short weeks I believe the kicks will be stronger.

I've decided to watch my portions and exercise more; most of my clothes are straining at the seams now. I found myself gorging at meals and I'd feel sick afterwards. I've also decided to do prenatal yoga any morning I can. I want to keep myself fit and limber for giving birth (hello, kegels). I'm surprised by how winded I get when I walk from the bus stop, up a slight grade, and arrive at my apartment two blocks later. I remember going for 40-minute intense runs in Jaén, which is a very hilly town, and lifting heavy weights in the gym. Now I have to give my heavy grocery bags to my fiance.

From First to Second Trimester

I'm moving from the 12th to 13th week. My morning sickness came back a few days ago. Last week my morning sickness had been tapering off, but came back again. Today I felt good as I went to my genetic screening ultrasound. It was remarkable watching the baby on the screen. Sheep (our nickname for the baby) was stretching its legs a lot, tossing and turning, even flipping head to toe! The technician explained I couldn't feel these movements at this time because the baby has very little muscular structure, and is flipping within fluid. Seeing the movement live made my pregnancy feel more real.

I'm slowly starting to tell people here and there. One friend asked if my engagement was the result of the pregnancy. Timing-wise, my fiance proposed a week after I'd told him I was pregnant, but he'd actually planned to propose a month before. What happened was the ring's shipment was delayed by a month, therefore the proposal happened soon after I found out we were having a baby.