The alien within

There's this picture out there, I've seen it on brochures and stuff, with the footprint of the foetus imprinting on the outside of the belly. It really creeps Packrat and I out although I think him more than me because he's seen Alien. I haven't- so, I'm a big chicken, sue me. :)

Anyway, we were told that one would see the odd poke here and there but nothing as clear as a foot. So, everytime I see movement on the surface, I want to look at the belly and see what I can actually see. I spent a better part of today staring at my belly. The offspring seems to be moving a great deal near the surface today and not only does it cause me to twitch and squirm, I can see the reverberations on my t-shirt. And if I actually stared at my belly, I see the skin undulating. It's a very strange sight to behold. It's slightly reminiscent of all those B grade movies where some worm/snake/alien gets ingested by a person and you see it move just under the skin. Yup, I got myself one of those too.

A friend commented that her baby within poked outwards so hard, her elder son who was standing in front of her belly got poked in the head. The elder son, in order to retaliate stared down the belly and when it jibed outward again, he gave it a big thwack. I was amused but I'm sure my friend wasn't.

Apparently, this is what I'm going to miss about the pregnancy. All the movement that's happening. I'm not entirely sure but I do know I sure wish I could video it. Unfortunately, I don't have enough patience and phone battery to train on my belly in the hope of catching the undulating belly in action.

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