MOVEMENT

And so we decided to name him Jacques Michael. He was a real kicker, taking after his father who is a soccer coach. He kicked me non-stop. At about 8+ months, I was sitting in my recliner chair and all of a sudden I felt the weirdest, frantic shudder, it was like no kick I had felt before. It alarmed me, but I soon forgot about it and then after a couple of hours I started noticing that I hadn't felt movement for a while, unusual for him as I mentioned earlier that he was a real kicker. I decided to go for a walk and became very aware that there was still no movement. I went over to a friends house and mentioned it to her, she gave me some orange juice and said that sometimes the sugar helps to get them moving. But, still no movement! I called my mom and told her and she responded by saying that he was probably just taking a rest. My sister told me that she hadn't felt her babies move for weeks at a time (keep in mind that she had, had her babies 15 years before and had most definitely forgotten!). I took a long bath and in the bath, I just had a gut feeling that something wasn't right. That night I dreamt that my midwife took a look at my stomach and said "what is in your stomach?" When I awoke the next day, I was in a panic and called a friend to come over as my husband was out of town on business of all times! When my friend arrived, she insisted we go to the hospital. I called them and described what had been going on, they told me to get to the hospital immediately.....