Learning As I Go: Pregnancy Update 002

Well, I am now 3 days away from week 18 and everything has been going fairly smoothly in the symptoms department. Which is making it very hard for me to bitch and rant, two of my greatest loves. Sure I still pee every hour, but I already brought that up in the first post. So that is old-hat.

One thing worth mentioning, though, is that I am starting to feel the beginnings of movement. It is very subtle most of the time, but surprising nonetheless. Once I shared this with Sarah she was on a mission to have it happen in her presence. We read online that the fetus may react to a flashlight, drinking cold water, or hearing certain music. I confirmed the music tip might be accurate due to the fact I felt a lot of rumbling when I was out and Dropkick Murphy's were being played loudly. Which I thought was pretty bad ass music to cause a fetus to rock out.

Since everything else seemed like fetal harassment, we decided to go the music route. After she played some music on her iPhone near my belly, I had to sadly inform her that the baby was being a jerk and I felt nothing. Which confirms it shares a large chunk of my genetic material. I am so proud.