A good friend and I are both pregnant and due within a week of each other. (names withheld for privacy) Last night we were hanging out with our dear husbands and Henry says, “Hey, do you have a measuring tape?” I knew exactly where he was going, but the our friends looked a bit puzzled.
“Are you going to measure stomachs?” I asked.
Henry looked at me a with a ‘what, me?’ look.
Recently I’ve been asking Henry to get things for me…off the floor, from the coffee table, from the kitchen, etc. with the excuse of “my stomach is bigger than yours now.” The other night he said, “I don’t think your stomach is bigger than mine. I’m a pretty big guy.” to which I responded. “Maybe not literally, but proportionally, my stomach is bigger.” Besides the fact that bending over gives me acid reflux now.
So my friend’s dear hubby comes out from the garage with a measuring tape. We proceed to measure my friend’s stomach, then mine, then Henry’s, then her dear husband’s. The measurements were 39″, 35″, 44″, and 34″. Yes, my girth is bigger than her husband’s!! After finding out he is still the biggest, Henry got this huge grin that took up his entire face and said something to the effect, “Boo-yah! When you get into the 40’s, give me a ring!”
Is this behavior normal?
P.S. This is not the first time we have compared our stomachs. The first time was when I was 9 months pregnant with Natalie. I ended at a 39″, still smaller than Henry. He is a big man afterall.
