Sooooo...I felt little flutters in my side last night. I felt elated that Ziggy finally kicked me! How crazy is it that pregnancy makes me want to get my butt totally kicked?! I really do though, Ziggy can sucker punch me or dropkick me anytime. I was just about to get up and catalog this milestone in my baby's prelife when suddenly I felt the same sweet little flutters in my lower back...then my upper leg. Oh no....

...a friggin' muscle spasm.

All this laying on my side has my muscles spazzing out at night. What a tease! Technically, kicks aren't due until week 18 or 19 and I'm only 17 weeks. Ziggy has already proven to be advanced so an early kick wouldn't surprise me. What? Oh, you didn't know that my baby is advanced? Yep. On our 8-week sono the doctor saw the spine and gasped involuntarily at how amazing it is. He said, "That's a really good spine" in the same tone you would say that a steak was good. He then printed an extra picture of my baby and said that he wanted to keep it for himself. My baby's spine is so magnificent that even an MD wanted a picture of it. I'm not bragging, just telling the facts.

Anyhoo, since Ziggy didn't kick me it would appear that I have another issue: my muscles are tense. I'm gonna go ahead and start yoga tomorrow. I figure if I get flexible enough I won't have to differentiate between baby kicks and muscle spasms. Maybe I will even be able to do the splits on the delivery table. Hmmm, would that be helpful or harmful? Better yet, what would that look like? Ew! Nevermind, I will just utilize any breathing techniques I learn while in yoga. Learning how to breathe properly would most likely calm me down since I'm a little nervous about delivery. My biggest fear is totally freaking out and trying to push my baby out as soon as my water breaks. I can be a little impulsive at times so I better go get on this yoga hustle to learn to manage my bad nerves.

Until next time...