****3rd Tri Check In 9/26/16****

[Sha259]

Sorry this is late in the day, but this is all the time I had!!

Welcome to the 3rd Tri Weekly Check-In!!

We will welcome ladies at 28 weeks until their LO(s) make their grand entrance!

New? Please TAG ME if you would like to be added and include your EDD, team status, and how many beans are cooking. Not new? If you see anything that needs to be changed, let me know! For this week, let us know how many weeks you are, if you have any updates, and any upcoming appointments, etc. etc.

Congratulations on your new arrivals!
 
rufus426 - Welcomed Sa.die Ame.lia on 9/16
unringthebell - Welcomed Baby Girl on 9/21!!
eponine1007 - Welcomed Sall.y Miche.lle on 9/21!!
dke2010 - Welcomed All.ison Ren.ee and Le.ah Ma.rie on 9/23!!
wibblywobbly - Welcomed Li.am Pa.trick ON 9/26!!
longhornwino0907 - Laboring as we speak!! I hope things are still going okay!

September
pippacricket - 9/29 (Girl) - Hope little one is getting ready to make her appearance soon for you!!

October
piccyami - 10/16 (Boy/Girl twins)
Martinis&Medicine - 10/20 (Boy)
murrt - 10/21 (Girl)
Sha259 - 10/21 Scheduled C-section (Boy)
kaliRN - 10/27 (Boy)

November
goldenlove3 - 11/9 (Boy)
artmusiclife - 11/10 (Boy)

December
mrswillie -12/3 (Team Green)
Becca - 12/6 (Boy/Girl twins)
Winnifred - 12/11 (Girl)


QOTW: What pregnancy symptom have you been struggling with lately? Which symptom have you not had at all??

[Sha259]

Wow, we have had the birth of 5 babies and one on the way in under a week!!! Congratulations to everyone on their new outside babies!!!

Also, if anyone has a scheduled induction or CS date, tag me to let me know and I will update.

How is everyone doing??

[Winnifred]

So excited for everyone who just had their babies, is laboring or will be soon! Such a busy time for our group!

Doing good, a little overwhelmed with prepping for baby but I'm starting (hopefully) to get a better handle on it.

QOTW: My back is killing me, as it does every Monday. Seems to be getting worse and worse so I'm hoping to order a brace later tonight. I rarely had any nausea, which I'm super grateful for!

[Becca]

Thank you for the check in Sha259. Congrats on everyone who graduated to SAIF this week! That is a lot of new babies this week, so exciting!

29w6d here, hard to believe how close it is getting. I have a normal OB appointment this week, otherwise nothing new going on here.

QOTW: New symptoms include not sleeping. I seem to be getting every symptom, except headaches. Considering I suffered from migraines before and haven't had any since getting pregnant makes me happy. Winnifred, I'm super jealous you had minimal nausea. If I don't take my Diclegis I'm still getting sick

[Martinis&Medicine]

So excited about all the babies lately! Making me anxious for mine to come earthside.

Sha259, I'm going to be induced October 13th unless I go on my own or something changes.

36+4 and definitely understanding the struggle of the last month. By the time I walk up my stairs to do laundry I'm ready for a break. My braxton hicks have gotten a lot more uncomfortable and the amount of discharge I have is increasing steadily. C has dropped so low, and at my last appointment they told me he was engaged, so I'm anxious to see if I've effaced or dilated on Friday. I've been feeling kind of yucky all around the last couple weeks, almost like a bad cold with some nausea thrown in. I'm over lightening crotch. But his hiccups are super cute and he gets them like twice a day!
Starting NSTs and weekly ultrasounds on Friday and will be having this baby the weekend of the 13th unless he decides to come on his own a bit early (we are crossing our fingers!).

[murrt]

OK, I'm admittedly freaking out. Sorry this is long.

I had my repeat biophysical profile and NST today. My fluid level is essentially the same today as it was at Friday's BPP...low. At first, the nurse told me that the OB was probably going to send me directly to the hospital because that's what she normally does for anyone with under a 5 fluid level.

She asked if my husband was around. I told her yes, he is just getting home from work. Will I have time to get my hospital bag? She says "Probably not, but I'll check with her." Cue my adrenaline and freaking out. Then, I'm told that the fluid level value that this sonographer used and the one that was used on Friday are different, so I need to wait to find out the plan.

I go in to meet with my OB and she eventually comes in and tells me we're going to wait until Thursday and do a repeat BPP at that time to check fluid level. My fluid level is about the same (4) today, and that the baby scored well 8/8 on her BPP but she did not do as great on her NST. She told me to pay very close attention to movements and if I see any drop off to call them and I'll be going to the hospital.

She told me that she is pretty certain they will start induction on Friday when I hit 37 weeks. Someone hold me! I'm scared. It seems like the OB deferred to the MFM to wait until Friday (Thursday for my next BPP) and that makes me nervous. She told me to pay VERY close attention to fetal movement and call with any change. I told her I'm going to be a mental case every moment if I have to wait all the way until Thursday, so I am going in for another NST tomorrow.

[murrt]

Sept 26, 2016 20:36:29 GMT -5 @wineandcupcakes said:

murrt - poor girl! That would freak me out too. At 18 weeks,
I'm already obsessing over movement....and they told you that things may not be 100% but will see you in a few days and call with movement issues?! Um, no!

Glad you are going for another NST!

They said "she was quiet during the NST, but she moved a bunch, scoring an 8/8 during the BPT." It was the MFM's call to wait. I am going for the NST tomorrow and if she is quiet again, I will get another BPP and probably ask to at least be admitted to the hospital for monitoring even if they want to wait to induce me until Friday. 

[Winnifred]

Oh murrt, I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with that! I totally agree with you, wanting to be admitted early sounds like a good plan. Being told to pay very very close attention to movement would totally freak me out, and I'd much rather just get the baby out or at least have the hospital monitoring it, not me. I hope that you are able to get what you want/need and go in early. Thinking of you!

[goldenlove3]

Congrats to all the recent babies!! Such a fun time.

I'll be 34 weeks tomorrow which is CRAZY. Everything seems to be going well but I'm getting more uncomfortable and tired lately.

Saturday was our baby shower and it was just perfect. The room was beautiful and our family and friends were so generous! We got so.much.stuff. I've been slowly going through it all and organizing everything. It might take a while since doing anything is exhausting lately.

QOTW: Heartburn has been awful lately and my back hurts. I was lucky not to have really bad morning sickness.

[eponine1007]

Oh murrt.... I am so sorry for all the anxiety inducing drama.... I am at least really glad you are getting the care you deserve.

And I can't believe you are that close to having an outside baby!!!

Such an explosion of babies this week! So exciting!

[Sha259]

(((HUGS))) to you murrt. I feel like they didn't do anything but give you more anxiety. I agree that they should just monitor you more frequently instead of expecting you to watch her fetal movements like a hawk. Just an idea, but do you tend to have your Appts at a certain time of day? I know for me, if I have my appts between 1-3pm little man will not cooperate with anything a Doc or Tech wants him to do. Also I do not think he likes moving very much when I am laying on my back, and they make you lie on your back for every freaking appointment.

All this to say, I have never had a NST or BPP, and show my ignorance as I don't even know what those are. But I hope that your anxiety will be lessened in the near future either by increase in fluid volume, or anything else they test that will make them and you feel better. But in the end, if you get your outside baby at 37 weeks, she will be ready, she will be fine, and she will be perfect!!

[Martinis&Medicine]

murrt, I'm so sorry for all the drama and back and forth! I'd be a nervous wreck! Thinking of you this week! ::hugs::

[Becca]

murrt, hugs for everything you are going through. I would be a nervous wreck too.

[sms2524]

murrt so totally anecdotal, but I just had a gf go through the same thing. She had a previoau pregnancy with low fluid that required c-section and NICU stay so they were watching her closely with baby #2. Her fluid level was around yours and they were doing the same with monitoring her every few days, they were aiming for 37 weeks because in these parts that's considered full term and anything under that is an automatic visit to NICU. They also had her monitor movement which completely freaked her out, but told her to eat a sugary snack if she had concerns and if she didn't feel movement to come to hospital asap. Her fluid was staying low and baby wasn't doing great on one of the respiratory tests but after a few days started to get a better only to go back down. She was able to hold off until around 38 weeks and had a healthy baby boy with no NICU stay needed. I can completely understand your concern and how scary it must be to monitor movements on your own, so just wanted to share a recent story of success and tell you to hang in there!

[lastnamewithheld]

hi Sha259 ! I go here now! (and of course, I'm late. Work has been stupid crazy the last couple days...and will only get worse. UGH)

but anyways! I'm officially in 3rd tri!

I'm due 12/17 and am team blue!

We've had quite a baby boom this last week! Awesome job, ladies! Now I'm off to love-tit and be a better commenter, LOL.

QOTW: I'm still slogging through with this carpal tunnel wrist pain and pre-bedtime naps are definitely happening nightly now. I never had any kind of MS or nausea, which I thank my lucky stars for, although my PAIF brain would have liked that reassurance in the early weeks, lol.

I can't believe how close all of you are to meeting your LOs. I stalked all of you September/October/November moms while I was cycling back in March. I can't believe it's almost our turn! HOLY CRAP!

[Sha259]

Sorry ladies, we may need someone to take this thread over sooner than anticipated. I found out that I am 4 cm dilated at my 36 wk appt today, so I am on labor watch. I've been told I may hold out a week or deliver tomorrow. For now I'm trying to be a vegetable but if he wants to come now. I've got no choice!

[lastnamewithheld]

Omg Sha259!! How scary and exciting all at once! I'll be thinking of you!

[Sha259]

Thanks ladies! Contractions have subsided which is good, but my OB still worries that if I begin to labor it will happen very fast. So now I wait. Thank goodness the last of our registry stuff arrived last night and DH put the last bit of stuff together. The car seat base is in the car. And my and the babies bags are packed! So when it is show time at least we will be ready.

On another strange note, the doc that pushed me to get a CSection FINALLY read my myomectomy surgery report and now also believes that if he comes early I should try to labor. My fibroid was extremely superficial and was not attached to the uterine muscle, so not only did they not enter the cavity, but they also didn't have to enter the muscle, meaning even less than1% chance of uterine rupture during labor!