When we first found out I was pregnant, we thought it was a boy. We had a name picked out and Kurtis would talk about how he would teach him to go hunting and shooting and how he was so excited to have a hunting buddy.
When we found out that we were having a girl, I was shocked, but immediately I knew that she was supposed to come first all along. I always had secretly wanted a girl first, and I felt very blessed to have that become a reality.
I still don't understand Kurtis's reaction to finding out it was a girl. I told him over the phone, so I didn't see his face. When I said, "It's a girl", he was quiet for a minute, and then said, "Are you serious? Wait really? A girl?" The longer he talked the more excited he became. He still is planning on teaching her the ways of hunting and shooting, but he doesn't like the thought of the pink camo she might want to wear. Lol!
The first time I felt her move, I was at work and I didn't know what had happened to me. I was in the process of lifting fried chicken out of the deep fryer, and I felt my entire stomach shift. I had been expecting the gassy, butterfly type feelings that everyone had told me about, but that's definitely not what I got. It felt like my stomach had lurched, like it does on a roller coaster, but instead of going up and down, it went side to side, and that freaked me out. I turned to my coworker and was like "What was that?!" She laughed and told me it was the baby, and I don't think I was able to take my hands off my stomach for the rest of my shift.
I didn't feel her move hardly at all over the next couple of weeks and it really worried me. I kept nudging my stomach trying to feel something, and I never did. I had a doctors appointment and during that appointment, we noticed that the baby was indeed moving around a lot, but I never felt her. My doctor went on to explain that the placenta had settled on the top of the uterus, meaning that her movement was being cushioned by it. I was relieved of course, knowing that everything was okay.
A few weeks ago, I started feeling her move more and more. It is seriously the weirdest sensation. There are times where she kicks hard enough that it's painful, and other times where parts of my stomach twitch where she moved. I'm thinking that the placenta must have moved, because I seriously feel her ALL THE TIME now.
The most interesting thing I've realized though about this baby girl is the patterns of her movement. She hardly moves during the day, which I'm told is normal. But it doesn't matter what time of day it is, whenever Kurtis and I are talking, she is moving around like there's no tomorrow. There are times when I can't get her to move, so I'll ask Kurtis to try, and every single time without fail, she moves when she hears his voice. If his hand is on my stomach, she nudges in that direction. There is an obvious connection between Kurtis and our baby girl. And watching Kurtis get that cheesy grin on his face everytime she moves for him is one of the greatest joys for me. Kurtis said to me the other day, "I'm definitely already wrapped around that little finger."
When we went in for our last ultrasound, we had quite the experience. We go in and once Dr Ferguson started the ultrasound, we were able to get the funniest picture. Once we found her face, she literally posed for the probe. Dr Ferguson started laughing and said, "Oh look. She has a clown face."
Kurtis and I were a little in shock at her personality, but it was very funny for us.
Dr Ferguson also said that she's a little snuggler because she has been snuggled up into the placenta for the last 3 or 4 ultrasounds (we get one every month). Kurtis immediately says, "Well I'm okay with that!"
I'm 6 months along now, and we keep getting more and more excited. Pregnancy is a rough experience, with being sick and all the other weird side effects that nobody ever tells you about. But when I feel her move or see the smile on Kurtis's face when he feels her move, it makes the whole experience worth it. We can't wait to meet our little girl!!
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