I have a secret

It's funny, I'm not really showing yet to the outside world. I can tell that my clothes are tighter and as Carl says, I've started to pop a little. I definitely am going to need to wear clothes with elastic (such as comfy sweatpants) as my stomach continues to expand or buy some cheap maternity clothes for the short-term.

Yet, I am still waiting for a stranger to actually notice that I'm pregnant and say something to me like, "Are you pregnant?" It's kind of like the moment when I started to lose weight years ago and I waited for someone to notice that I had lost weight.

I feel like the world is going to change once I have a bigger belly. Even if I don't want strangers to know, I have no choice in the matter. I don't know why it will, but it's like even people that I don't know or have even had a conversation with will know that I am carrying a baby inside of my belly. I know that for me, I am extremely observant of expectant moms and really am starting to stare at the moms with the little ones, knowing that it'll be me in a matter of just a few months.

It's kind of like when you have a car or a friend has a car, and suddenly as you drive around town, you notice this particular car everywhere when in the past, you never noticed it at all.
I've always noticed pregnant women, but now my perspective is completely changed. I wonder what other pregnant women are around me but not yet showing either.

It'll be interesting to see how the world reacts to my blossoming belly that I cannot hide much longer.