Serene
I think tum & size depends on each Mommy & baby. All my colleagues and frens commented mine is compact. I told them dun be decieved by the early looks of my tum for now.
My tum was very compact too when I had my #1 at early stage. But it ballooned to a sudden big size by end of 7th month that gives me a fright. I still rem I wokr up one morning to realised I had a big tum tum suddenly.. Heehee. Rather clumsy at then.
As for your fren, I experienced the same thing too but not with a close fren. Mine is a colleague. She has been married for 7 years and always say dun wan to give birth cos babies will interfere her life, blah blah. Then she will comment say other pple's babies la, etc. very naughty la, etc. Recently, she found out am preggy, she also seldom talk to me like before. Last time, its more like she made use of me to help her do work, etc. Now not much use to her liao as she changed dept. But we still see each other @ pantry. Never talk like before lo... I also didnt want to bother liao now since she is only a colli. At 1st, am pissed because I feel tat she like bey gam wan pple preggy... and even behind pple's backs say pple give birth all gals la, wan try a boi la for 5th time, etc.
So what I feel is, as you said - she is your close fren. The more she should give u her moral support. If she shuns u becos she is 'jealous' of u to a certain extent cos u preg earlier than her, etc; then u must access your this close fren all over again liao.
Close Frens will not 'calculate' this kind of thing de. In fact, she should keep in contact more with you, probably pick up more "experience" from you instead.
Serene, you had alrdy put in efforts to ask her out liao, made 1st moves liao, etc. I think u had done enough le. If she still wanna continue 'shuns' you, then u have to leave things as it is. Wait till she (probably) 'cools off' liao, then u try again to ask her out..