Let the kicking begin…

I have been having this strange sensation in my stomach for a couple of days now and I am 99.999% sure that I have started to feel the baby move.

The feeling is absolutely not what I had anticipated. I guess I don’t really know what I thought it would feel like, but I expected it to feel more like “kicking”.

I have a habit of using strange analogies when trying to describe something. The other night, my husband and I were on the train going home after work, and I was trying to describe what I was feeling. I told him I thought it felt like an electric shock. His face contorted into immediate horror as visions of his wife feeling like she is being electrocuted were flowing through his head. Hubby has a very active imagination!

It isn’t painful, but it does feel a bit like a small pulse or rippling in my belly (like the feeling you would get from a very small shock). I would also have to say it feels like a gentle tapping, or even a little twitch. (Almost like a tiny muscle spasm).

Although I’m having a hard time putting the sensation into words, it is undoubtedly the most amazing sensation that I have had the pleasure of experiencing. I can’t wait until my husband gets to feel his baby moving and full of life of well.