In early pregnancy, you might feel more at home in yourself than ever — and at the same time, strangely unfamiliar. It’s a quiet paradox: you’re carrying something deeply natural, yet everything familiar inside you is shifting.

This feeling is common. Many describe it as if body and identity are slightly out of sync. The body knows exactly what to do — calm, steady, instinctive — while your inner world tries to catch up. You might feel strong and vulnerable at once, grounded and uncertain, like you’re expanding in two directions at the same time.

“Finding yourself” can mean discovering a new sense of safety, a quiet anchor. But “losing yourself” is just as real — and it’s not failure. It’s a sign that you’re changing, not disappearing. You’re becoming a new version of yourself, and that takes time.

Alma’s advice:

• Allow both parts to exist — certainty and confusion can live side by side.

• You don’t need to define yourself right now. You’re evolving, not lost.

• Trust your body; it’s leading the way, even when your thoughts can’t keep up.

Finding yourself and losing yourself aren’t opposites — they’re both part of becoming.