No one ever pawed my belly that I can remember, but I do recall the nurse where I went for prenatal care commenting that she knew someone else as far along as I was that wasn't nearly as big. I asked how far she thought I was and she replied '6 months'. Well I was due that week and was in for my last visit and told her so. Shut her up in a hurry.

On the subject of adoption. I have been blessed by being amazingly fertile, but my husband and I decided immediately if we had trouble with pregnancy that of course we would adopt. My feeling is that adopted kids are so fortunate. Their parents worked hard to get them, and wanted them so much. I don't care what their race or background is, of course they're yours! I have 'almost' kids, that call my home theirs for whatever reason. The more the merrier. '[God] setteth the solitary in families' Hooray for that!