[Inspiration]

It's an almost weekly rumour. I remember when she had her hand on her tummy at the diamond jubilee pageant, twitter went mad.

[Blamhappy2]

Originally Posted by zx50

*changed post* I don't think Kate Middleton's pregnant. Kate's got a slim figure, so it would show if she was expecting. I think once prince William finishes his training with this helicopter business, then they'll probably start trying for a family.

I'm skinny. I'm 20 weeks and not showing yet.

[jerseyporter]

FWIW I think it's highly unlikely they'll try for a baby until the whirlwind of of Jubilee year is over - and, although she can't actually 'order' them not to have a baby yet, I'm sure The Queen (or her office) has 'gently hinted' that a baby this year would not be appropriate. They're not daft, they know that any pregnancy would immediately take the attention away from Her Majesty, and this is (rightly) her year and a nearly unique event to celebrate. William loves and respects his grandmother far too much to go against her wishes, and Kate seems equally respectful and mindful of the strictures of the family she's married into - it might seem archaic to us, but it's a family which lives by a different set of rules to the rest of us, something William understands, and Kate has accepted that without complaint.

Out of all the royal wives across the generations The Queen is close to Sophie Wessex, and now (judging from the broad smiles when they're together) Kate. It takes a lot for HM to relax enough in anyone's company to look as happy in public as she looked in Nottingham with Kate's. I wonder if it's because both Sophie and Kate are girls from normal, close, loving families with parents with long, happy, lasting marriages behind them (although I believe Sophie's lost at least one parent now, sadly), which of course is what HM has enjoyed with the Duke of Edinburgh. I'm sure it's what she wanted for all her children, but it didn't happen. So no wonder she enjoys the company of the two women who have taken their time in getting to know the life they have married into, the two who seem to have fitted in with the least amount of friction.

A bit OT, but I think HM sees a lot of herself and Philip in William and Kate - perhaps that's why she's given her blessing to them having two years of 'normal married life', with minimal royal engagements, now because the two years she spent in Malta as a 'Navy wife' were two of the happiest, most relaxed years of her life too, and HM knows better than anyone that once full-time duties start you can never get this time back. Plus, of course, the Royal machine learned the hard way with Diana (and to a lesser extent Fergie) that throwing a royal wife straight into hundreds of engagements was a recipe for disaster and I think it's good that they've made the decision to do it differently for the younger generation. (Of course the 'Kate is lazy' brigade choose to overlook these inconvenient matters most of the time because they don't fit their anti-Kate agendas!)

[zx50]

Originally Posted by Blamhappy2

I'm skinny. I'm 20 weeks and not showing yet.

Hmm...

http://moms-alive.org/wp-content/upl...lly23weeks.jpg

[jackbell]

Originally Posted by Blamhappy2

I'm skinny. I'm 20 weeks and not showing yet.

Congratulations!

[summerbunny]

thought this was about kp

[Big Boy Barry]

"Kate Middleton" doesn't exist anymore


But a royal birth in 2013 would be awesome.

[Ber]

Originally Posted by zx50

Hmm...

http://moms-alive.org/wp-content/upl...lly23weeks.jpg

Is that a picture of blamhappy?

[Blamhappy2]

Originally Posted by zx50

Hmm...

http://moms-alive.org/wp-content/upl...lly23weeks.jpg

Okay, but I don't look like that...

I have a slight tummy, but it looks like nothing more than the average woman's tummy. I reckon I'll suddenly pop out. Haha!

[Blamhappy2]

Originally Posted by jackbell

Congratulations!

Thank you!

It still doesn't feel real, bizarrely.

[Blamhappy2]

Originally Posted by Ber

Is that a picture of blamhappy?

Haha! Na. I'm blonde and not as pretty.

[Ber]

Originally Posted by Blamhappy2

Haha! Na. I'm blonde and not as pretty.

Was just wondering how a picture of another womans pregnancy bump relatesto your bump :-D

Mine is so massive i am measuring 4 weeks over

[Blamhappy2]

Originally Posted by Ber

Was just wondering how a picture of another womans pregnancy bump relatesto your bump :-D

Mine is so massive i am measuring 4 weeks over

Yeah, I know. We're all different, eh?

Gosh. I think I am at the very low end of the bump scale. I do often wonder whether the baby is actually in there!

[Honestweegie]

they'll probably leave it a couple of weeks till all ther other brew ha dies down. im surprised it hasnt happened before now

[CrazyLoop]

I'm bored of all the rumours.

Also there's a fan page on facebook where someone is pretending to be Kate herself. Said she was pregnant, then it was with twins and then magically had a miscarriage. I wasn't impressed. It's bad enough that some people are niave enough to think the real Kate has much time for facebook (if any!) and would even announce it on facebook. I hate people who fake miscarriages. It's a truly devastating thing to go through,.