Since I still have no clue what an alien or other life form in my gut feels like when it moves around, I am hyper aware of all feelings from my boobs (they are large enough to be called that now!) down to my hips. This latest sensation, I would swear was what I would expect a moving baby to feel like. However, it's way too high up. On the right hand side, just under my ribs that you can no longer see. I'm guessing that my organs and guts have all shifted up to accommodate the growing baby housing unit, and that what I'm feeling is food passing through my system. It's the only thing I can think of, but the feeling is very odd, fairly frequent and slightly disturbing. When it happens I try to stretch out and arch my back so that whatever is making that feeling inside has to go further in and stop pressing on the outside of my body and freaking me out. I will be mightily relieved when I finally feel baby start to move around and I can focus on JUST those movements and stop being so hyper aware.
In other news, it's strange how life hands you things at different times. I've spoken with a ton of people about how amazing it is that we are pregnant at all, how the timing of it, while not at all what we would have ever planned, did seem to be perfect for our lives at this point. Strangely enough, two friends with whom I had fallen out of touch ended up being back in touch due to our shared news of pregnancies. One friend I heard through the grapevine that she was pregnant and I initiated some emails with her asking about everything she was going through. It has rekindled what I hope will be a renewed friendship. They just had their baby about 4 weeks ago, and he's a beautiful little guy.
Another friend I stumbled upon by accident. I'm not a big fan of Facebook and I resisted even having a page for a long time, but finally gave in. Now I check it maybe once every 4 months. Turns out I miss a whole lot on Facebook. A good job offer, the previous mentioned friend's baby shower invite, and messages from people. I never check this Facebook thing. However, I hopped on there for reasons I no longer remember about a month ago and lo and behold twas my old friend Debbie on at the same time. They have this new thing where you can see who is online. I still haven't figured out my own homepage. Regardless! Debbie sent me a message saying hello and we did a quick 30 second catch up. Turns out she's pregnant too! She was at 10 weeks when we got together the end of July for lunch. It was so nice to see people you once knew and reconnect. Even nicer when you have things in common all over again.