I felt baby for the first time yesterday. I was at my first pre-natal yoga session and as I lay still to relax, I felt something strange in my bump, like a big bubble rolling around. I was so stunned and excited I kept very still, hoping to feel it again - so I missed everything the instructor said for the next few minutes! And last night, as I lay in bed, I felt someone tapping my bump - from inside! Panliang and I were having a rather sombre conversation when the tapping started. Panliang got so excited he forgot everything he was saying and pressed his ear to my bump. He couldn't hear anything so he pressed his hand to my bump and was really thrilled when he felt the taps! Little taps, here and there, and we never knew when or where the next one would be. It really brought home the fact that there really is a little munchkin inside me with a life and will of her own, swimming around and doing as she pleases!
It's getting harder to move around and do things, but I'm really starting to enjoy this pregnancy. The nausea has subsided, I can see and feel my bump getting bigger. Being pregnant also shows me a different side of human nature. More people smile or stare at me more, hawkers are more accommodating to bizarre food requests, people look more mortified when they bump into me, and best of all, more people on the train pretend to be asleep when they see me!
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