The midwife seemed to measure to a little way above my belly button.
Amazing that you can see that much, Feekerry! I see little bits of movement but I can't tell what they are.
I feel quite weird about my growing belly. I mean, obviously I am really glad that all is progressing as it should. But I do have moments of wondering where my old self has gone, in a funny sort of way - my old size I mean, not my old personality. It's just such a huge thing to get used to - your body changing so much. I keep saying to myself that I trust my body, and I do. It's amazing what it's doing! But it does make me feel quite odd sometimes.
DH is brilliant - keeps telling me how amazingly beautiful I look. I always appreciate this - especially when I look at myself and really don't see the same thing!
Another thing I have found is that I feel very private about my pregnancy. I think my character is naturally fairly secretive private and it is a bit unnerving to suddenly have strangers entering into intimate conversations about their experiences, and expecting me to share every detail. There's definitely a part of me that would rather not have told anyone, including doctors and midwives.
It's not shyness - I am definitely not introverted! - but in the past, whenever I have done something new, I have kept it to myself until I felt comfortable enough with it to share with others. For example, I told no one when my driving test was, and only let on after I passed. But you can't do that with a baby. The bump is such a giveaway :)
It does help to post on here - I do want to start feeling more at ease with chatting to others about these things, because I want to make sure that the baby has every chance of interacting with others if that's what he/she enjoys.
Don't know if this makes any sense . . . do feel free to ignore me burbling away in the corner here. Just having a bit of a stream of consciousness. Pass the (non-alcoholic) wine . . .