Movin' and groovin'

Okay, so there is only one book I know of that is written for us plus sized girls who get pregnant. All of the others are written for you health nuts that got pregnant at a great weight and have exercised every day of the pregnancy, fought your way through the first trimester fatigue and ate only the healthiest foods despite your cravings. Really, the only mention of us overweight sisters is the chapter where we are told to lose our extra weight BEFORE getting pregnant or risk all kinds of disastrous outcomes. As if we didn't already stress about our weight and pregnancy!

One of the other things that those skinny girl pregnancy books mention in relation to women my size is how we may not feel our babies move until much later in the pregnancy because of the extra layers of fat. . . well phooey on that!

Emily is movin' y'all. I felt her once while we were on vacation and it was as if she was saying "hello? some space please?" :) Then I started feeling her once or twice a day last week but this week . . . she is movin' as much as she likes! It's a very weird feeling because it honestly feels just like what it is. . . some alien life form moving around in your belly! However, for someone as paranoid as I can be, it's awfully nice to have those constant reminders that she's in there and everything seems to be okay.