7 months pregnant and my dog is suddenly acting weird towards me and might be resource guarding my husband? Help. 😭

Hello there! Title is pretty self explanatory but maybe I should give some additional context.

I have a 3 year old beagle. She has been with us since she was 8 weeks old. She is my first dog and so we worked with a trainer on the majority of the basics. She is a sweet girl who loves people, children and other dogs. She is reactive and we are still working on this. However, we are fortunate because her reactivity is due to her getting overly excited and wanting to say hi, rather than feeling defensive. (I know this because on walks if the recipient of her barking lets me approach, she chills out and takes the other dogs’ lead and soon as they are together.) This has been the hardest thing to train her on.

Our girl has always been clingy with a bit of separation anxiety, but my husband has always been her person. When we first found out I was pregnant, all the energy she had towards my husband was put towards me. She would not leave my side and has been extremely protective of me. It all felt normal, sweet, and like it was very obvious that she knew something different was happening with me.

Now I am in the third trimester and I’m noticing weird behavior towards my husband. For example, she has always LOVED kisses. When my husband comes to kiss my belly, or even lay near it… she will do whatever she can to get kisses from him, so that he won’t kiss me. In the past, she just waited her turn or laid on her back so I would pet her until we gave HER kisses. Now, she goes as far as even trying to step on my belly to get to him and she throws a pity party when we make her wait.

Also, in general, when my husband isn’t home, she has been paying attention to my commands less and barks at me more. She still is sweet towards me and cuddles, so I wouldn’t say it’s aggression. The best way to describe it is she is exhibiting some naughty puppy behaviors again with me but is also extremely clingy with my husband, in a way she hasn’t been in the past.

I’m not worried yet, but I’m not stupid to the fact that even though she sleeps most of the day, beagles have high prey drives and I have a baby on the way. We started socializing her with baby noises and carrying around a mock child to start getting her used to the idea of a new family member. What else should I be doing, especially when it comes to her overprotective nature towards my husband? At this point, should I be so concerned that I start working with a trainer again?

I don’t think she would ever hurt the kid, but anyone who has ever had a child attacked by their dog thinks that. I just want to make sure I do everything I can to ensure a smooth transition

Thanks you!