When we were going through customs at the airport last Friday, I had a funny experience. I went through the metal detector, and the grommits on my capris set off the the little light so the woman proceeds to wave the wand over me to see what was setting it off. She then proceeded to pat me down... spending extra attention on my tummy. She was checking to see if I was smuggling something in my baby bump :) Yup - a little brownie. I wanted to tell her that was all me, but just waited for her to figure it out as she kept pat-pat-patting my belly from all angles. Once she lifted my shirt a bit to see the offending metal grommits and saw the big ol' stretchy maternity panel, she let me go.
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Sometime over the course of our trip I went from looking kind of pregnant but mostly chubby to "holy cow, I look pregnant!" I don't know when or how it happened (though I suspect it had something to do with the pastry buffet table and sugary fruit punches...) but all of a sudden, I look pregnant - over the course of a 4 day weekend. At the beginning of the trip, I could see people checking out the belly but looking curious. By the end of the trip, I went to sit down for dinner and the hostess asked straight out, "how's the baby?" and the woman trying to convince us to book another Sandals vacation said, "after the baby, of course". There's no questioning now.
So ya... I've popped!
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I was just downstairs getting a coffee with my boss (well, I was getting chocolate milk) and one of the EAs I work with (who really drives me mental) was sitting at one of the tables with another colleague. She looks at me and from across the restaurant says, "Daphne!' I look over, and she's all smiles and rubbing her belly looking at me. I nod, and she said she was shocked - she had no idea! And the other colleague said she saw me yesterday and wondered. The EA said, "wow! you kept that a secret!". Well, not really - I just try to avoid her at all costs because she drives me nuts. But I had a conversation with her just last week and she didn't notice it then.
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I'm not quite halfway there... and I look definitely pregnant. I'm going to be HUGE by the end! But as one of my HR coworkers says, it's okay that I have a belly already - the baby needs room to grow! Grow away, little brownie!
T-1 day until our ultrasound! I can't wait :)
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