Pregnancy observances at 5 1/2 months

• Pillows have never been more important. I sit on them, I sleep with them between my knees, and prop them under my belly whenever I am laying down--they are critical to my life right now!
• I have never eaten more fruit in my entire life. Peaches, bananas, watermelon, strawberries, cherries...you name it. I have never been so obsessed with a food group.
• The only shoes that I will wear are flip flops (thank goodness it's summer).
• I am getting dumber by the minute. There really is such a thing as pregnancy brain.
• I might be the clumsiest person alive. I trip on just about everything. Where did my center of gravity and balance go? My favorite place to trip is on the ONE stair in our closet. I trip going up it and going down it.
• I no longer spill things on my lap. Everything lands on my belly. Half of my shirts all have stains right smack in the middle now.
• It's getting harder to reach my toes. Shaving is tough, and painting my toenails is out of the question (I need a pedicure in the worst way).
• I have become one of those pregnant women who has their hands on their belly all the time. Don't want to miss those kicks!
• People are nicer when you are pregnant. I haven't had to open a door in quite a while and people insist on helping my carry bags to my car.
• Being full after a meal can be painful! There's no room for the stomach anymore. However, oddly enough, this in no way stops me from eating as much as humanly possible at each meal.
• If you don't know what sciatica is, you will once you hit month 5 or 6. I wake up every morning feeling like someone broke my hips during the night. Scott, am I being a bed hog or something?
• You wonder how it's possible to gain 20 pounds when the baby only weighs 1 pound. I still look the same as I did before I got pregant, right? (please say yes).