Everything Is Back To Normal

Well, now that we're back home and I'm sleeping more regularly in my bed with the fluffy pillows, things are back to normal. DJ plays with me all day. I'm pretty sure he knows just how to move so he can tickle me, because he does it regularly. I have asked around and I think I'm the only pregnant lady I know, or that anyone I know knows, that finds the sensation of certain movements ticklish. I am particularly ticklish anyway but still, I think it's a rather unique experience. That's ok, I have a girlfriend who had a sensation of baby movements that felt like worms. I'm glad I missed that experience. That doesn't sound fun at all.

Anyway, I'll be talking to people at work or around and I'll get a poke from him. It feels like a little fist or elbow or something small. I almost always make a noise of some sort, some kind of startled "Oooh!" sound. Usually there's no movement to proceed it. Or at least I can't tell that he's plotting to poke me most of the time.

Then there's the rub movement, which usually happens on the sides or top of the belly. Those almost always tickle. It feels like a shoulder or an arm sliding against the side. Sometimes it feels like he's up against the side and rolling. I don't know why it tickles but it does. Sometimes, it sends me into fits of giggles and he'll do it for several minutes at a time.

Sometimes I'll feel him just moving around during the day, switching positions and stretching out. I can't usually tell which way he's facing, whether he's head up or down. I occasionally get the head poking out of the belly, but that's not as frequent any more. The worst day time feeling is when he's hanging out on the bladder and bouncing it. It's like I can feel it through my whole lower abdomen. That's terribly uncomfortable.

He's back to his normal night time movements as well, which is so comforting. B can always calm him though, which is also good. Now that the weather is finally getting nicer, I think the bird calls (they are REALLY loud) wake him up like they do me. B sleeps right through them but they annoy the heck out of me. It would be cute at noon but at 5:30 in the morning it's just rude.

One morning I felt DJ stretch, two pokes in rapid succession on either side of the belly that were fairly soft and then remained in place. Slowly they got stronger and then released. It really felt like he was just stretching out. It was so cute.