still in the second trimester :(

Just had our week 26 doctor's appointment. It went well!

The good news:
+My belly is apparently just the right size.
+Baby's heartbeat was nice and strong in the high 140s / low 150s.
+I can now take Tums for the annoying heartburn I've been having.
+All my weird aches and, more alarmingly, pains are all apparently totally normal.


The bad news:
-I don't get the results of my gestational diabetes test until Monday.
-Even though websites seem split on when the 3rd trimester starts (usually somewhere in the 26th week, depending on the site), my doctor doesn't start counting the 3rd trimester until the END of week 27 (aka day 1 of week 28). Sigh. So two more weeks of 2nd trimester to go!








In other news, this blog post is one of the funniest things I've seen in awhile:   Porn for Pregnant Ladies (Don't worry, it's a totally safe link to click on!)



ADDENDUM:
I was confused about why there are so many different opinions about when the third trimester starts, so I found this site helpful:

The three basic ways to calculate trimesters

There are basically three ways of dividing up a pregnancy into the three trimesters; they are by: Development,   Gestation,   Conception. They give different dates for when the second trimester begins and for when the third trimester begins. Your health care provider might prefer to use the Development method, while another Midwife or Doctor may use the Gestation method. I am sure they do that just to confuse pregnant women.   by Development: This uses actual developmental stages to divide up a pregnancy. From LMP to 12 weeks the embryo develops all the major organs and becomes a fetus. From 12 weeks to 27 weeks the fetus continues developing and reaches viability. From 27 weeks on the fetus finishes development and prepares for delivery. Here the second trimester begins at 12w 0d and the third at 27w 0d. by Gestation: With this method you take the 40 weeks of gestation and divide into three equal stages. Here the second trimester begins at 13w 3d and the third at 26w 6d. by Conception: This method is where you take the 38 weeks of post conception development, divide by three, into the three equal trimesters. Here the second trimester begins at 14w 5d and the third at 27w 3d.