official punching

Last night I felt the first official punch from the baby. Lying in bed, around 10:30pm, I had my hand on my belly. I felt about 5 little punches in a row, a few seconds apart, in the same spot. It was just left of midline, where we have heard the heartbeat quite a few times. It likes to hang out near my pulse, from the aorta, which is just left of center. I could feel the movements from both the outside (subtly) and the inside (rather strongly). Then it moved more toward the center and there were another 4-5 smaller punches. D put his hand on my belly to try to feel it, too. He felt something, but he is not convinced it was baby vs my body moving. I am. This was like nothing I have felt before. Baby is turning into a boxer on this new high protein diet.