This Babe Inside

This baby has been kicking me in the spine all day!!! It is extremely uncomfortable. Has anyone else experienced this? I can't feel the actual kick like I can when s/he kicks other places, but only a sharp shooting pain in my lower back, just above the tail bone that fades very quickly, but leaves me a little sore. I also feel it kicking around my hips and the bottom of my belly today, so I know it is kicking and not some dangerous sign of pregnancy disaster. I don't remember Willow doing this to me.

Anyway, what I really want to say is, I love being pregnant. I love it so much. I can't think of anything more amazing or wonderful or awesome or divine to do with my body than nourish a new life as it forms to house a spirit child of Heavenly Father. This is the ultimate in female human creative ability. And I don't even have to actively do anything. It just works inside of me all on its own. I love it. I love it so much.

Of course there are discomforts (like the above I was describing), but they pass. The morning sickness passes, the fatigue comes and goes, the weak bladder isn't constant, but the wonder is always there. It never leaves. The giddy excitment of participating in this supreme creative act overshadows any possible temporary irritation. And every irritation is temporary. I love being pregnant.

Its Alive!!!

Muahhahahaha! My baby has been kicking a lot the last couple of days. This is my absolutely favorite part of being pregnant--aside from the fact of being pregnant in and of itself. I love to feel the baby kicking and moving. I love it. Keep it up, little guy! I'm sad that Kevin's not here to share it with me right now. I guess it's just giving the baby some extra time to build up his muscles so he can give Daddy a good sock by way of greeting.

I wonder if Willow will have any real conception of what is going on before the baby is born. I tell her about it, but she just smiles at me like she does about everything she doesn't understand that I say to her. She has a very new cousin that she loves to hold, so I know she at least knows what a new baby is. But a new baby coming to live at our house? I don't think there is any way she can anticipate that at this point.

I love my babies--both of them. My Willow is such a sweet girl. She amazes me every day. And I can't wait to meet this new one and start learning her, too.