This past Sunday, I hadn’t felt the baby move much all day. By the time evening rolled around, I was pretty worried - she had just been entirely too still for too long, in my opinion. My sweet hubby tried to reassure me, but I would not be placated. Finally he offered to listen for her heartbeat. We had heard that when you’re this far along, you might be able to hear the heartbeat without any special instruments. So I lied down on the bed, and he pressed his ear up against my belly, right over my belly button. I tried to be as still and quiet as possible so that nothing would distract or interfere. We stayed like that for a minute or two, and then suddenly, without warning, I felt a force as though I had been punched in the stomach - from the inside! I gasped, and then laughed aloud, as Hubby quickly jerked his head off my belly and hollered, “She just kicked me in the face!”

Apparently things are already squished enough in there, without someone’s ear pressing in against her. She wasn’t too happy, but I was!