More kicking

I was out of the country since Monday for work, only to get back last night. The wee one is definitely stronger now. I could feel her move before, of course – I've written enough about that here. But in the time I was away, movements are much more forceful. Last night I was a bit surprised and thought maybe something was wrong. But she's still at it today, so I don't think it's anything but her getting stronger.

It's weird. I notice things for the first time and thing wow, that's neat, only to be completely eclipsed in magnitude some time later. Several weeks ago, I finally managed to hear a faint fast heartbeat by putting my head to the wife's belly, and I thought wow, that's what they must mean when they say you can hear the heartbeat. It's really hard – it could be anything. Then starting last week when I put my head on the wife's belly the heartbeat has been clear as a bell, really easy to find and obviously a baby's heartbeat. This new movement is real. Before was just fluttering and shifting. Now she's really kicking and pushing.