Chicklet's on the move!

As Kenny's earlier post noted, Chicklet decided to make its presence known this weekend in between graduation ceremonies. We were eating lunch at Vivo's, when I felt what I thought was a muscle spasm in my belly. It stopped, then started again just a few seconds later, and then I realized what it was. I felt it again later, actually during Kenny's graduation, but that time if felt more like flutters. Chicket was pretty quiet on Sunday, but then Monday, as I was laid over in
Chicago, I ate a pack of lifesavers and Chicklet popped into action about 20 minutes later. It gave me a couple of light pops in my belly, which were unmistakably baby movements. Over the past week, I've continued to feel flutters, though not every day. Today Chicklet did it during a conference call with a potential new client, which was distracting, but I guess I can't really complain.
Meanwhile, in beer-belly world, I made a very bad clothing decision this morning. I wore some pre-maternity jeans. I could have sworn that over past two days, my belly has actually shrunk. I could even suck it in enough that it was almost flat (although doing this for longer than 5 seconds made me want to pass out)! So I thought that maybe I could get away with wearing my jeans to work today. They're fairly low-rise, and hit about halfway down my belly. This was a very, very bad idea. While my belly may have indeed shrunk over the past two days, it did not shrink enough to get back into these jeans. I spent most of my day sitting behind my desk with my pants unbuttoned and unzipped. I even had to explain to the partner I work for that I would have to sit in on the conference call with my button undone. Thankfully he just laughed. Needless to say, tomorrow I will be back in maternity pants. But this whole belly-shrinking thing is really annoying! I actually felt last weekend like I had a little something to show for being pregnant. Instead, I just have a small beer gut and a disappearing waist line. Even though my belly isn't big, I've still managed to put on 7 pounds since I got pregnant. I'm weighing in at 132 as I start into my 18th week. I guess that's pretty good. Just so you know, I'm still wearing my jeans as I write this. They are unbuttoned and unzipped.