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Thanks, ladies. Next week will be my 12 week scan. That will probably help for a bit.

I think getting past the first trimester will also help. Plus it will help actually having a bump rather than just feeling slightly fat!

I do want to enjoy this if I can. I've waited so damn long to get here.

I would say completely normal! With both of my pregnancies I didn't really have any signs or major symptoms that screamed "pregnant!". So I never really FELT pregnant in the first trimester. With my second I actually found myself forgetting that I was pregnant at the start :( I know it sounds horrible but I am busy and occupied with my first child and it wasn't until I started to get bigger that it started to sink in more. It seems like forever away, but it won't be much longer until you will be 100% sure all the time. :)

If it makes you feel better I doubted I was pregnant with my daughter allll the time. I never really had any symptoms of pregnancy, which made it even harder to believe. Mine was more miscarriage worries, where I never felt like I had a successful pregnancy and baby was in there doing ok though. I would have weekly scans the first tri and after each one I would feel better and more confident... for a whole day... before going back to not believing. I honestly think it took until I was feeling regular movement to truly believe that there was a baby in there and she was doing ok. I do think it is normal for those of us with a history that isn't great. Of course after she was born I so wished I had just enjoyed all of the moments of pregnancy instead of always being semi stressed... but hindsight is 20/20. If you have the ability to "let go" I highly advise it. But it's ok if you can't too. Congratulations again!!! :) :) :)