Dated : 19th April, 2007
Last night amidst the inconvenience n discomfort of my sleeping position…whilst I was trying to catch up on 40 winks…(its actually reduced from a snoring deep sleep to deep breathless 40 winks)…
I realized…the reason I wasn’t able to sleep soundly is cos…in the earnest attempt to be comfortable…I slept a bit on my tummy.,..though not completely ….so I tried to slowly turn on my back…I did....n I felt that was comfortable enuf….i began swimming in this ocean of darkness…n thut sleep is finally conquering me….but alas…I realized there were these prominent grumbling noises that my stomachs started making…I thut might be my dream or might not be anything at all. but then now I m so used to the stomach growling n grumbling all the time its normal…afterall 4 months of pregnancy lets u know…that ur body is not urs anymore…it teaches you these facts slowly…but consistently…everyday is like a new chapter…a day of learnings…n questions…..ok I got diverted….
So back to the grumblings. I realized if I had gas(which is a very common thing when u r expecting) my entire upper part of the stomach shud grumble…not only a side. Luckily it wasn’t on my left side..i wud hv shivered with fear, thinking my hearts gonna pop out. So it was to my right, a prominent thump…it cudn’t hv been my heart….then again a thump…is it some nerves…again a thump…is it a cramp…n then a thump….finally I had the good sense(in my 40 winks sleep) to check out my tummy with my hands…I kept my hand gently on my tummy…n a thump…n one more n one more…n I realized probably I m dreaming…then I just pulled surajs hand n kept it on my tummy…n he felt the thump …n again…n again. He was the first one to say “she is kicking”…yes our baby was kicking last night…n thankfully both of us experienced it….its an amazing feeling. I don’t rmbr distinctly when I could first make out the baby’s prominent heartbeat(else I would have written an expert on that as well) but I was praying that when the baby kicks for the very first time, I shouldn’t be missing out on it. God has been kind enough in answering my prayers. Experience of a lifetime.
Yes, I could make out the baby kicking even in my sleep, mainly cos I hv been reading this book on pregnancy, tells u what a first time mothers shud know. These nitty-grittys are probably missed out on by ur loved ones, esp ur mom, they rmbr only when u tell them abt ur experience…n then they iterate their experience. I guess I was waiting for it to happen…or might say I was pushing my baby to kick..to show me some signs..to get me out of my low mood…its her way of saying..”hey I m arnd…don’t worry”
Well quite contrary to what the subject says….its the most amazing thingy…
