Sad but true, I don't really connect with my belly babies until they start moving. Yes, I know I am pregnant, and I am happy about that, but until I can *feel* something, then its just a label. This one started kicking last week, and I have spent my free time just lying there watching the little bounces in my stomach. Or just with my eyes closed with my hands on the now firm lump and enjoying the connection. This is really a feeling that is *very* personal between youa nd your baby. You partner, your parents, even your friends cannot feel you baby kick the same way you feel it. They cant feel the hard disconnected lump in your body and feel how separate to you it really is. Its the one thing that only you can share with your baby.

I hope this helps you some. Being able to embrace those movements and feel a connection seem to negate all the bad sides of pregnancy for me.