Nope. I felt really disconnected to River before he was born, I just have a hard time realising baby in tummy = baby outside. If that makes sense. Many times I didn't even feel pregnant. I really worried about that, that I wouldn't bond, but then he was born, and we connected straight away, so I had nothing to worry about!

Having said that, we had a boys name since before he was conceived, and hadn't settled on a girl's name entirely, and I'd bought mostly blue and green stuff (but perhaps that's because green's my fave colour, and I really didn't want a pink little girl - it just wasn't my thing).

I think I believe in life/personality at conception, I just wasn't aware of Riv's til he was born really.

This one - well, it's hard to know. I think I don't want to guess, because I don't want to put bub in a 'box' - my MIL does that - x is the sporty one, y is the smart one, z is the musical one...
I'll just wait til I meet bub, and let their personality speak for itself. So, while I don't feel super connected now, my experience with Riv's told me it'll probably be fine once bub's born.