A Smile in the Night

At around 5:30 or 6am (I usually try not to look at the clock), I woke up last night for what has become my routine night-time bathroom trip.  This is by far, to date, the worst part of pregnancy.  I hate getting up to pee!  Thankfully the bathroom is just right across the hall from our bedroom and so I usually manage to remain half asleep as I stumble to and from the toilet.

Last night, after crawling back into bed, I took a deep breath, spread out on my back and began concentrating on the dream I'd tried not to leave behind.  It was then that I felt a jolt in my lower abdomen like a giant heart beat.  I've been waiting exactly five months and four days for this--the "quickening". I smiled in the dark, then rolled over and whispered her announcement to Angelines. :)

Hello Emily.  Nice to feel you.