Tank

Today I am five months pregnant. 20 weeks. Halfway there. Yay!

I was talking to Josh today about how I am really starting to "feel" pregnant. As this is my second pregnancy, my stomach seemed to know what to do long before there was baby enough to fill it. I was searching for the word to describe how heavy I feel.

"I'm just feeling so big now, like this baby is taking over. It's like I'm a ..." Pause.

"A tank?"

"Yes, a tank." Thank you husband.

This was of course moments after he had told me how great I look. So I mostly forgave him.