People have been sweet and beyond thrilled for me. In the beginning, while I was still in disbelief it felt weird, like they were more excited than me. Or, like they had the ability to show excitement in a way I was afraid to (due to hx of misarriage). But their excitement helped me move past that stage.
When my in-laws (both in their mid-70s) were in town when I was 15 weeks, they tried to insist on sleeping on our guest futon on the floor so I could have my bed. I was like, "ummm. no". But I will admit I was ready for my bed off the floor after a week!
People at work are mostly awesome. I really don't think they would notice if I wasn't telling them and pointing out my little bump proudly, at which point they usually squeal and get these looks that tell me they are reminiscing about their own journeys to motherhood. It's very sweet. The ladies in the front office recently found out, and started hooting and hollering, which totally surprised me - especially because there are SO many pregnant women at my job, it's actually kind of funny. I have been telling my clients (all moms, most with infants) to prepare them I will be leaving in February. Amazingly they don't typically notice (I am sitting there with the buttons of my shirt popping open over my belly), but when they find out they are super sweet and happy for me. I get lots of "it's your first? ooh, aah oh!".
I must say that I feel so embraced when others (even strangers) show such joy for me, because I am used to holding that more intimately between my husband and myself.
The only annoyance is when people try to tell me they know something I don't (about my body, the baby etc). One colleague told me she always knows the sex intuitively and has never been wrong, and I am having a boy. I mean, maybe she's right, but we're waiting to find out so just chill!
I'm still at the stage where strangers probably see I'm pregnant, but they won't comment yet because there is still a chance it's just fat.
A friend at work the other day who is often gets mistaken as pregnant because she has skinny legs and a rounder middle, found out and told me she noticed, but didn't want to say anything just in case "you'd just gained a bunch of weight like me".
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sarahknavy , I never know how to answer the question, "How is baby doing?" Uhhh... Really I don't know! Good, I guess. I am growing and s/he is moving. Does anyone get this question? How do you answer?
YES! And I hate it because I am still wondering if I actually feel movement, or if it is all in my mind, so I don't even have that to go on. Sometimes I say, "Good, I think... I'm still pregnant, so that's a good sign" which probably freaks people out, but it is kind of what I tell myself when I get worried. So, yeah, that's an awkward question.