**3rd Tri Check-In 10/10/16**

[emilie]

Hi everyone, and welcome to the weekly 3rd Tri Check-In!

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

New? Please TAG ME (emilie) 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!
piccyami - welcomed twins Zo.e Alli.son and Wil.liam Gu.y on 9/23!
pippacricket - welcomed Nor.ah Jose.phine on 10/6!


October
Martinis&Medicine - 10/20 (boy)
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)
emilie - 12/25 (girl)


QOTW: Tell us about your 3rd tri wardrobe. What are you wearing these days to stay comfortable to work and at home?

[emilie]

Hi all! Happy Monday and hope you are all well! I'm on the West Coast so apologies if these are posted a little late for some of you on Mondays.

I'm 29+1 and feeling pretty good with the exceptions of some mid-back pain and the dreaded "lightning crotch" that I had read so much about but hadn't experienced yet until this weekend. It started for the first time when I was at brunch with some friends and I was trying to keep a straight face, haha.

QOTW: I asked this today because I am growing out of all of my maternity clothes, especially pants! The full panel jeans and dress pants I had purchased for work are starting to dig into my belly. I bought a couple maxi skirts this weekend and that might have to be the work option moving forward...

[Winnifred]

emilie, thanks for the check-in! And double thanks for a non Halloween QOTW, lol. I'm getting lightning crotch as well, it's gotten better but still catches me off guard. I don't understand how it is even possible, so weird.

We have such a small 3rd tri group! Hopefully some January ladies will be joining us soon.

I'm 31w1d, doing good physically. Still have moments where I freak out if baby hasn't been moving much. Like last night she didn't perk up when I went to bed, which was weird. Then she didn't wake up after I went to the bathroom in the middle of the night, which is totally abnormal for her. So I just laid awake forever worried about her, I still have a lot of fear that we won't be bringing a live baby home at the end of all of this. She has been pretty active today so far, but I can't shake that feeling.


QOTW: I'm having trouble with this as well! I'm sure I'll figure it out and we only have a few weeks left to worry about it. I fortunately haven't grown out of anything yet so I'm hoping that I'll be fine with what I have on hand already. Seems like dressing a huge bump at the beginning of winter is just so awkward, I actually miss the simplicity of dressing in the summer.

[goldenlove3]

Hello everyone! No major updates from me right now. I have my 36 week appointment on Wednesday and will go weekly from there. I'm slowly but surely knocking things off my to do list but I feel like I add two things for every one thing that I complete.

Baby is doing well and continues to beat me up from the inside. I started feeling something new this weekend where it just feels like a heavy pressure really low. I assumed it was just his head down there when he stretches but maybe they are BH? I have no idea.

QOTW: I'm still wearing the same stuff I've been wearing but I'm adding cardigans with the colder weather. I have a few things that SIL gave me but most of those are too big and too warm for the fall.

[Becca]

Thank you for the check in emilie!

Nothing too new to report here. I'm 31w6d today. My feet are starting to swell like crazy. I really need to buy some new shoes soon. I'll be spending a bunch of time at the hospital this week. I have a normal OB appointment, a growth scan and our first class.

QOTW: I'm having trouble with any of my pants fitting. I really don't want to buy any more with being so close to the end. I'm wearing my dresses, but adding cardigans and leggings to them. Shoes are the one thing I am going to need to buy soon. I only have one pair of flip flops that aren't too tight by the end of the day.

[dream2be3]

emilie can you please add me? EDD 12/30, team blue, twins.

I'm so excited to be in 3rd tri!!! Nothing exciting going on here. Twinkie B has been a bit more active lately which is nice. Baby A is still my wild child and moves all the time. I have just a regular OB appt on Thursday. Kind of bummed to not get to see the twinkies but that's life I guess.

QOTW: My clothes thankfully still fit. My shoes on the other hand...I may need to go shopping.

[angm123]

Hi emilie, can you please add me too? EDD 12/31/16, team pink, one bean.

Hey all! So hard to believe I'm in the third tri now. Most days this pregnancy still seems surreal....I frequently forget that an actual baby will be coming of this in a few short months (hopefully.)
I had my one hour glucose test today and failed it with a 138. I'm super bummed, and now have to do the 3 hour test on Thursday. I'm freaked out I won't pass!
Other than that I really need to get moving on my nursery. I can't figure out wall decor to save my life.

QOTW: I wear scrubs for work so that's easy and comfortable. Otherwise I only wear black leggings and try to dress them up with trendy, flowy, non maternity tops that I can still wear after pregnancy. I'm short so many tops are long enough to fit me like a dress. I have had no luck finding any maternity jeans or pants.

[Winnifred]

dream2be3 and angm123, welcome to 3rd tri!!

Also, FX that you pass your next GD test, sorry you have to go through that!

[kaliRN]

Hey ladies! 37+5 here and feeling large and in charge. Having a lot of back pain and lightning crotch and this kid is a little hulk who beats up his momma on a regular basis. I'm sill on the zofran and diclegis everyday and the weekly puking, although better is just plain old at this point. Otherwise the swelling is a little nuts and I don't fit in any shoes besides stretchy water sock type things. My 37 week check last Friday revealed no cervical dilation but we did sign papers for my csection to evict this massive child. 10/20 this boy is coming out ready or not!! Until then I'm still working uncomfortably which I may stop after Thursday and trying to finish all my little projects in baby boys room. Can't believe it's almost time to meet my little man!

QOTW: all my maternity clothes still fit with the exception of an occasional belly showing under my shirts. I wear a lot of Mat jeans and yoga pants with fitted shirts and a cardigan when it's chilly. I wear maternity scrubs to work and they fit well- but I bought them huge to help with that lol.

[Sha259]

kaliRN, It's amazing right?!? Next week you and I will have outside sons!!

emilie, thank you for the check in. Sorry to hear that you are maxing out your maternity pants, and that you're experiencing lightning crotch. I don't think I have experienced it, but I do get very soar in the front of my vag by the end of the day. Taking evening showers before bed seem to help with this alot. I recommend it!

Winnifred, I wouldn't worry unless you noticed that you weren't feeling any movement throughout the day, and not just at specific times. I have noticed that between 30 week and now at 38 weeks little man's activity timing has completely changed. He used to perk up at every meal and roll around for almost 2 hrs straight before bed. Now he pokes around a bit throughout the day and usually only readjusts himself after I pee or change position in bed. I think it has more to do with the limitation on space they have in there as they grow than anything. If she still perks up after a cold or sweet drink, she should be okay.

goldenlove3, glad to hear things are going well! The heaviness may have been baby changing position. I know for me, when he chose to go head down, I had a good week period where my whole belly would go wonky and I would feel the wierd snakes in the stomach feeling, next U/S showed he was head down, and I have not really felt that feeling since! BH for me have typically started either from the side of the uterus he is laying on, or the very top of my uterus and travels from there.

Becca, prop your feet up during the day if at all possible and drink ALL the water!! I notice that the only days that I get either bad BH or any swelling, are those days that I have not been drinking enough water. As for the pants, I've pretty much grown out of most of mine too. But I just leave the elastic part below my belly and wear one of my belly bands to compensate for where the pants used to support me.

dream2be3, COngrats and welcome to 3rd Tri!!

angm123, welcome to 3rd Tri!! Sorry to hear that you failed the 1hr glucose. You may still pass the 3 hr, so try not to worry too much yet. I actually failed both and ended up diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes. I was not put on any meds, but just have to check my sugar 4x per day and eat carbs within my diet limits. It's been about 8 weeks now and I really don't feel like I've had to limit myself at all. Try not to worry. It all works out!

AFM I am 38wks exactly today. I'm still watching to see if he will come early, or wait for our C section date. I will be happy if we make it to the 21st!! I will say that I am so happy that I started working from home last week, because getting up in the morning and walking in general, is getting really hard. Getting into and out of the car is also difficult these days. But I've got 2.5 working days left before my leave starts so that is awesome!!

Everything is pretty much ready for him. I packed and repacked my hospital bag, because I realized I didn't have enough clothes in there for if I didn't want to wear the hospital gown for days. His nursery is finished, and the car is ready! The only thing DH has to do is build the Pack and play, which he doesn't want to do until baby is here and actually needs it. DH is very OCD about clutter, and all the baby stuff just laying around with no baby yet is driving him crazy. I know he wishes he could just shove everything into a closet so it was out of sight.

QOTW: Though I have grown out of a lot of my maternity clothes, I still have stuff to wear, if I modify the fit a bit. I have to wear my belly band and a tank under every shirt now so that my belly doesn't show.

[Winnifred]

Thanks Sha259! It's hard to be rational in the middle of the night, but since then I've been good. I wouldn't be surprised if I freak out again, though, lol!!

That is awesome that you're working from home, that must take a lot of pressure off! Fx you can keep right on going to your csection date!!

[goldenlove3]

Sha259 It might be him moving around but he's been head down facing my right side since around 30 weeks. Apparently he's comfortable there because he's stayed that way since. He does move around a lot though and I can tell when he's trying to stretch out because I feel his butt and legs at the same time. I think I'm feeling his head more now.

And I'm totally jealous that you're almost done with work! I've had so much stuff pop up lately and all I want to do is start my leave. I just feel bad leaving things a mess.

[Sha259]

goldenlove3, I may only have 2 days left, but you wouldn't be able to tell from how many emails I still get asking me to do stuff. In my mind I'm like, why don't you act like I'm already gone because if you need the same help next week I wont be here to answer your question. Oh well, they will have to figure it out, as I have been preparing my department for my leave for MONTHS!!

[goldenlove3]

Oct 12, 2016 10:25:07 GMT -5 Sha259 said:

goldenlove3 , I may only have 2 days left, but you wouldn't be able to tell from how many emails I still get asking me to do stuff. In my mind I'm like, why don't you act like I'm already gone because if you need the same help next week I wont be here to answer your question. Oh well, they will have to figure it out, as I have been preparing my department for my leave for MONTHS!!

It's crazy how our jobs act like it's a complete shock that we're leaving lol. I don't even have a real backup! Our group is down 3 heads and my boss just went out on medical leave this week. My one coworker is now HIS backup plus taking care of the program that someone left last month on top of her own job. Now they're expecting to just give her my workload too. I feel really bad about it which is why I wanted to make sure things were in order. But nope, everyone else has other ideas. It's so stressful on top of getting ready for the baby!