Exciting times in the development of the bean. For a little while now mum’s been feeling the little wriggler moving round inside. The books have been telling us that around now is the time for feeling first movements and like anything, you think “is it doing what it should?”.
But the magic moment arrived when movement was felt and now it’s becoming evidenced externally – both in touch and, more diconcertingly, visibly! And it’s a great spectator sport – we spent most of the evening last night looking for activity.
A quick note here – I am a massive Maltesers fan (bear with me here) and thus their ads stick in my mind more than most…
And it’s amazing how significant this all feels. While the bump has been getting slowly bigger, and is now very much in evidence, it’s the activity within that’s really starting to make the person inside ever more real to us. We’re even starting to notice cycles of activity – and probably mistakenly attributing characteristics to it…they’re definitely not a morning person but perk up of an evening and really love a little boogie over night. As a reformed clubber this is exciting news to me…all the best things happen at night!!!
Of course, I won’t be thinking that at 4am with no sleep behind me and a day of work ahead. But right now, it’s really exciting to start thinking about the personality of our offspring. I can’t wait to meet them!