Third trimester...maybe?

Ok, so from the various pregnancy books that I have and the weekly updates I receive, I am either one week away from, at the beginning, or one week into my third trimester. I'm not really sure which one it is, but for arguments sake, we'll say I've just entered my final trimester. We've had some welcome and not so welcome changes in the past couple of weeks regardless.

Welcome changes include the following:

• My desire to eat meat again. Maybe I am indeed in my third trimester. I was driving home one day and had the strongest desire for a McDonald's cheeseburger (unhealthy I know) and was thinking that since I was on my way home anyway I might as well pick one up. I still have some of my morning sickness medicine so if it made me nauseous I could take a pill then. Oh my goodness it was wonderful. I made some chili this week too, yes I realize it's May, but I had wanted some to eat for so long that it didn't really matter. We even went out and got steak last night. It was the best meal I've had in a very long time.
• The incredible, edible egg is now back in my diet. Marcus used to either have to douse his eggs in hot sauce or eat his eggs in the kitchen because the smell was so nauseating. But, once again, they seem to have come back into my diet in welcome fashion. I'm not too great at cooking eggs, but he is always more than willing to cook some for me. Also, I'm now a fan of turkey bacon : )
• I've read that at a certain point, babies can come to know their mother's voice and I like to think he does now. I feel somewhat guilty when I'm reading and not reading aloud so he can hear me and I think he now can. If I start reading and he has been fairly calm he'll wake up and roll around a bit or if he has been super duper active sometimes the reading will even calm him down. It was a very cool moment when all of this started happening.

Maybe not so welcome:

• Sleeping is becoming more and more difficult. Between him wanting to practice his kicking and punching skills at all hours of the day and night and the return of heartburn sleeping is becoming more and more challenging. I've read that if you try and lay on your side while sleeping it helps and the baby is more likely to be docile, not so with my sweet boy. I'm not supposed to sleep on my back so I'm pretty much out of options and at his mercy for when he decides to move around. This also means more fatigue during the day. I thought that was something we only had to go through in the first trimester, nope. My mom got really bad leg cramps with me and so far I've surpassed that joy (I should probably find some wood to knock on now).
  
• Soreness. Enough said. My lower back is not feeling that great. I read that it can hurt if you sit too long, walk around too much, and lift or bend more than you should. My concern now is what is there left to do. That list pretty much describes anything I could/would do on a daily basis. I'm thinking it's pretty much inevitable now. I gently suggested Marcus might want to get me a prenatal massage as a present for Mother's Day and I think he got the hint. I'm pretty excited for that.

Our 28 week visit is on Friday. From now until July we will have them every two weeks and once July comes we'll have visits once a week until he is born. I never thought I'd enjoy doctor's visits as much as I do right now : )