I turned 26 weeks last Thursday and I wondered back and forth if that meant I was still in my second trimester or going into my third. That very day I had volunteered at Cincinnati State as an OB ultrasound model and even asked the instructor what she thought. Her answer was not definitive--it depends on which doctor you talk to. Well, I am no doctor but let me I have made my own decision and I am telling you right now that I am in my third trimester! There are two very good general reasons why I have made this decision...
#1. It Makes Me Feel Better--If I say I'm in my second trimester, even if I'm 26 weeks, I still feel like I'm only in the middle of my pregnancy. If I say I'm in my third trimester, I feel like I'm approaching the finish line. That's all...it just makes me feel better and I'm allowed to do that if I want. Call the pregnancy police on me. I don't care.
#2. The Pregnancy Tide Has Shifted--I was 26 weeks on Thursday and by the end of that day, I felt markedly pregnant-er. My back hurts. I can't lean forward from the couch to get the remote off the coffee table without groaning and feeling like there is a basketball in my shirt. Getting up from the couch or bed requires serious thought, planning and counting to three. I can't sleep to save my life and the latest and greatest is the appearance of heartburn! I don't mean, "ooh, my tummy kind of hurts," heartburn. I mean all day, all night, popping Tums like candy, sleep sitting up and it still doesn't help kind of heartburn. Last night at 3 am I thought, "I bet they have good heartburn stuff at the ER...I should go there. Nah, they won't even give it to me, I bet." Yeah. That bad.
In short, I earned it and it makes me feel better. I'm going with the doctors that say it starts at 26 weeks because, well, I want to!
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