She's starting to have actual signs of pregnancy. The bump is starting to show – though you'd not tell if you didn't know her. The one thing that really makes it clear is that her navel is getting shallower. We didn't expect that to happen until near the end, but apparently it's happening now. This is making it obvious she's not just getting fatter – that would just make the navel get deeper. But now it's shallower. I can see the bottom of her navel for the first time. Neat.
One thing I find odd is that the uterus is hard. It's not like palpating the belly, which is soft with firmer muscle underneath. The uterus actually feels like a bit of armour under the skin – which kind of makes sense, since the foetus does need to be protected. I just always assumed before that, if people can feel their child kick, it must be soft. It's definitely not soft.
In other news, I did what felt to be the weirdest announcement of the pregnancy so far today. We had some friends over for dinner. One of them brought up the difficulty of finding their way in a hospital. I, of course, was immediately reminded of our attempt to find the right department at UCH at our first appointment. It being a fitting anecdote, I wanted to bring it up, but needed to give that essential bit of context. I ended up saying On that note, I have an interesting story. But first, she's pregnant
[much congratulations and suchlike follows] So anyway, we were at UCH trying to find the right pre-natal department…
At this point keeping it quiet is actually getting in the way. Having to delete the occasional Facebook wall post, hiding books when people come over, etc. I really do need to make a public announcement, and soon, before someone else lets the cat out of the jar for me.
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