Uh oh. I had an edamame overdose. We were at Pei Wei and B had to fight me for the edamame, and then I finished my dinner to boot. B looked at me and said that DJ was going to have a growth spurt. Normally when I eat like that and don't realize that I'm hungry, that's what it means. Either I'm back sliding or we have serious growth spurt happening. By the end of the week I've had a couple more "oh wow, I didn't realize I was that hungry" episodes and now it feels REALLY crowded in here. The second night after I felt like DJ was suddenly very uncomfortable. Every movement was a little painful. It's not a sharp pain but more of a rather serious discomfort. It's like he was trying to find a new way to lie in there, and I got lumps in new and odd places. Most of the moment was slow and lengthy rather than the quick taps I've been getting.
He feels bigger now. He seems to extent the length of my stomach for some time now, at least from crown to sternum. Now, I can't every feel the head, but it seems like I get the shoulders down at the bottom of the belly. I get a long, heavy and thick mass that feels like a back or a side through the side of my stomach on a regular basis, particularly when I'm lying on one side or the other. Apparently, I get a butt or a thigh sticking out of the top of the belly on a regular basis two. Once, during the week, I got two feet poking me one after the other, as if he were wiggling them. I could almost see the indian style sitting position in my mind, with his butt just under the top of my tummy.
Generally, he seems much meatier, much denser. I don't feel fluid movements the way I used to. The movements aren't lethargic either. They just seem heavier, like it takes more energy and force for him to move, partly because he is heavier and partly because there's not as much space.
I am also starting to feel hiccups. I thought I wasn't feeling them before because he wasn't getting them. I think that he wasn't big enough for me to feel them before. Now, he's taking up so much space that the little jiggles reverberate around the belly and I can tell. Sometimes it lasts for several minutes. I try to stroke the belly, because I feel so bad for him. I hate the hiccups. They give me acid indigestion. And there's nothing I can do for him to help with it. The movement is still very slight though. I still get way more belly reverb/standing wave action from a good boot to the side. And that's still his favorite place to poke me - along the sides of the belly.
I feel like I'm huge as well. My mom is starting to worry that I've gained too much weight. The non-familial consensus is that it's all in the belly and they don't know what she's flipping out about. Braden agrees with the peanut gallery. I'm trying to watch what I eat as much as I can but, it's really starting to get difficult. I'll just have to keep an eye on it.
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