Watching the baby kicking has become quite the spectator sport. Caroline started feeling the baby kick quite early on, but it took a while for me to be able to feel it too. At first, it was just the faintest flutter - you could almost imagine that you had imagined it. But now the kicks are firm and strong. And I love it! Caroline's belly gets all wonky, too, as the baby shifts into different positions. I'm pretty sure I've had several intimate conversations with our baby's bum - conversations that I'm sure will continue after the birth :) The other night it had hiccups - Caroline's belly was jumping all over the place. How is is possible that in utero hiccups can be so cute?!
And Caroline has no qualms about using the baby to get what she wants. "Come and stroke your baby" is a surefire way to get me up, and "I'm carrying our baby" makes me putty in her hands. And of course I don't mind a bit.
It's such a beautiful thing, feeling our baby wiggling around in there. I talk to it and Caroline tells me that it knows my voice and kicks when it hears me. When our baby starts to say "mmmmm-mmmm" we'll probably tell ourselves it is saying "Mum" as well. These are the white lies that we tell ourselves as parents. Like all good white lies, they are partly true and do us a lot of good.
In the meantime, I love Caroline's full-moon belly and watching it get bigger every day. This is an amazing experience.
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