**3rd Tri Check-In 10/31/16**

[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!
Becca welcomed Benj.amin Rob.ert and Abi.gail An.ne on 10/24! hope the twins are doing well!
peaseblossom55 welcomed Emil.ia Eve.lyn on 10/25! hope your little Duck's NICU stay is short!


November
goldenlove3 - 11/9 (boy) - you may have your little one here by now - hope everything went well!
artmusiclife - 11/10 (boy)

December
mrswillie - 12/3 (team green)
Winnifred - 12/11 (girl)
lastnamewithheld - 12/17 (boy)
emilie - 12/25 (girl)
dream2be3 - 12/30 (twin boys)
angm123 12/31 (girl)

January
somechica - 1/6 (girl)
aprilz81 - 1/12 (girl)
roeni - 1/13 (girl)

QOTW: Okay, it's Halloween, I have to ask. Are you dressing up your bump?

[aprilz81]

We have an appointment with Children's Hospital on Friday morning to discuss care plans and options. I'm not looking forward to it, especially driving downtown during peak rush hour for them to tell us there is nothing they can do.

I'm waiting on the results of my 3 hour glucose test that I puked up the drink 2 hours and 40 minutes in. I took it Thursday morning and I'm ticked off they haven't called yet and I'm on hold to see if my results are in. The office only calls if there is an issue, but for the glucose testing (especially the 3 hour) I think they should call with all results.

QOTW: DH really wanted to dress my bump so I agreed. I didn't think he would actually follow through but he did. My bump will be BB8 from Star Wars. I'll come back to post a picture later tonight when we get everything assembled.

ETA Here is a horrible picture of me, but it shows my bump costume.

[somechica]

aprilz81, fingers crossed your glucose test is normal. I detest waiting for results as well. Luckily, my clinic has an online portal and they all drop in there. Sending thoughts and prayers. I hope your appointment on Friday isn't worthless

We're 30w3d. For some reason, only having ten weeks left until her due date is hitting me hard. I feel like there's still a ton to do!

Belly check on Wed last week went well. Her HR hangs around 116-120 which she says is on the lower end of normal. It makes me nervous since there will be less wiggle room during labor. We also had to set up a growth scan because I was measuring large. That'll be a 2 wks. She's been moving up a storm lately! I love feeling her move, but I do wish she'd leave my bladder and other organs alone

QOTW: I'm boring - no plans to dress the bump. I usually wear my Ravenclaw robe to pass out candy.

[lastnamewithheld]

Guys. There are FOUR people ahead of me.

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I feel pretty great most of the time. I have one more OB appt in two weeks, then we begin the weekly appointments! eek! Shit's getting real! I can't believe it.

QOTW: I'm not dressing up as anything. I mean, I'll probably take my shoes off when I get home so I can be barefoot and pregnant, lol.

aprilz81, Ugh, I'm so sorry you got sick so close to the 3 hour mark. That sucks so much. I hope you're able to get through to them. I also hope your appointment isn't as pointless as you're fearing. I can't wait to see your BB8!

somechica, GL at your growth scan! Is that an ultrasound? I kind of hope I get to have another ultrasound before I get to meet this little dude on his birthday!

[somechica]

Oct 31, 2016 14:53:00 GMT -5 lastnamewithheld said:

Guys. There are FOUR people ahead of me.

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I feel pretty great most of the time. I have one more OB appt in two weeks, then we begin the weekly appointments! eek! Shit's getting real! I can't believe it.

QOTW: I'm not dressing up as anything. I mean, I'll probably take my shoes off when I get home so I can be barefoot and pregnant, lol.

aprilz81, Ugh, I'm so sorry you got sick so close to the 3 hour mark. That sucks so much. I hope you're able to get through to them. I also hope your appointment isn't as pointless as you're fearing. I can't wait to see your BB8!

somechica, GL at your growth scan! Is that an ultrasound? I kind of hope I get to have another ultrasound before I get to meet this little dude on his birthday!

Yes! We are excited that we get to see her again

[Winnifred]

aprilz81, ha ha - cute! I love that your DH wanted to dress you up. Thinking of you and hoping your appointment goes well this week.

lastnamewithheld, I'm one of those people ahead of you - freaking out that much more! LOL. And seeing some babies coming early-ish in the November board has me a bit stressed as well. Glad you're doing good!



I'm 34w2d today. Yesterday I felt amazing, lots of energy and just felt good physically. Last night I started feeling huge and uncomfortable. And today, I'm back to being tired and sore. Hoping a massage tonight will help.

We ended up going for a walk right around the time that trick or treating started, it was actually fun to see it from that perspective vs. only handing out candy at home. We intended to dress our dog up but she was so hyper when we left for the walk, we weren't sure if we'd even get down the street. She just loves people & cannot handle the excitement, but she ended up doing pretty good. By the time we got back, I handed out some candy but was just over it generally and let DH take over.

QOTW: I did not dress up, I consider it enough of an accomplishment to get through a week day at this point

[roeni]

QOTW-I did not dress up my bump. I have become lame at Halloween costumes when I used to go all out and make my own.

29w4d and I have pregnancy rhinitis again! UGH. I have been taking benadryl, zyrtec, saline spray, doing humidifier, exercising and NONE of these gives me relief for too long. I broke down and took afrin Sunday night and it truly is a miracle drug, but the next night I got stuffy again I woke up at 1:30 am just miserable and couldn't go back to sleep, so did a little more afrin. I know it is addictive but I need to sleep! Going to try nasonex next.

[roeni]

aprilz81, cute!
somechica, I am right there with ya...still lots to do around here with only 10 weeks left..which could be sooner for me
Winnifred, hope your massage helped. I feel so uncomfomortable by the end of the day already
lastnamewithheld, weekly appts EEEK! I am at the every 2 week mark.

[peaseblossom55]

I have an outside baby now. I had an emergency C section on 10/25 due to preeclampsia. E will be in the NICU for several weeks, but H & I are so in love with her. She is doing well in the NICU so far and is being called feisty by all the nurses.

[crazycatlady6]

peaseblossom55- I wasn't on here a good chunk of last week and missed your birth announcement. Congrats on the arrival of Duck! I hope her time in NICU is short and I love the fact that she is feisty!

[lastnamewithheld]

peaseblossom55 I would expect nothing less than a feisty little duck! I'm so glad she's doing well and I hope her NICU stay is shorter than anticipated! I hope you are recovering well, too!

roeni, that sounds rough. I hope you can find something that gives you some relief. I can't imagine being constantly stuffy along with getting winded so quickly.

aprilz81, I love it! Nice job on your costume!

Winnifred, I know, it's nuts! I've been so swamped with work so I haven't had time to snoop around other boards too much, so I'm in blissful ignorance about some of the early babies lol. Ughhh.

[peaseblossom55]

crazycatlady6, I never made a birth announcement or shared my birth story.

[mrswillie]

Aaaahhhhh! There are only 3 names above me!

35w4d. I'm scheduled for my RCS 4 weeks from tomorrow! So much to do before then. I have an appointment today and start my weekly appointments. Eeeekk! I'm just so tired. I was kinda sad that this will be my last pregnancy, but now I'm just ready for it to be over and get back to feeling well and being able to go up/down stairs.

QOTW: I did not dress up my bump. It was chilly anyway and it would've been covered with a jacket.

[mrswillie]

aprilz81 so many hugs for your appointment on Friday. I hope your GT results come back good.

somechica I have 4 weeks and feel like there's SO much to do. Hoping I can get a lot done this week. I washed some clothes yesterday, so I feel a little better.

lastnamewithheld I said the same thing about my place on the list! LOL

Winnifred that's basically the same way I've been feeling. Maybe I do too much when I get that energy?

roeni hope you find something to help!

peaseblossom55 congrats on the arrival of little duck! Hope she continues to do well.

Becca congrats on the arrival of your baby!

[Becca]

Thanks emilie! Everyone is doing well. We are hoping to get BR home from the NICU next week. AA will be at least another week or two behind. For those interested I posted my story on the December 2016 board. I wish everyone a healthy remaindered of your third trimester!

[artmusiclife]

I've been pretty absent 3rd tri, but wanted to stop in and say I had my beautiful baby boy!!!   We are so happy!


Birth story coming soon.  89 hours of labor! Haha, don't mean to scare anyone.  I was trying to have a 100% intervention free natural childbirth, and didn't throw in the towel on that until hour 80.  Almost anyone else would have thrown in the towel and induced on day 1...  But no c-section, healthy mom and baby, and a magical experience overall so no regrets.

[lastnamewithheld]

89 hours!! Jesus, artmusiclife you're a rockstar!! I'm so happy that it turned out magical for you!

[Winnifred]

Congratulations artmusiclife! Leave it to a true IF warrior to labor for 89 hours and end up with a successful vaginal birth! You are AMAZING!!!

[dream2be3]

Thanks for the check-in emilie!

I ran out of data so a bit late...

32w1d. Managed to avoid bedrest/hospitalization for another week so that was nice. I start twice a week NST's next week. We are hoping I'll make it to at least 34 before the twinkies arrive. Fingers crossed!

QOTW: I avoided Halloween by making DH take me to Target and take advantage of the diaper deal and out for dinner.

[goldenlove3]

Sorry this update is late but our baby boy is here!! Colin Joseph was born on Halloween night. He weighed 7lbs2oz and was 20.5in tall. It's been the best and most exhausting 4 days but we are so in love with that little guy!

Picture(s)

[goldenlove3]

Holy crap artmusiclife!! That is amazing. Congratulations!

[lastnamewithheld]

Congrats goldenlove3!!! He's beautiful and absolutely perfect!!

[dream2be3]

Congrats goldenlove3! He's adorable - love the hat!

[goldenlove3]

Nov 6, 2016 9:02:43 GMT -5 dream2be3 said:

Congrats goldenlove3! He's adorable - love the hat!

The hat and onsie were actually made by one of the nurses! I was happy because we didn't have any cute Halloween stuff for him.

[dream2be3]

Nov 6, 2016 9:26:19 GMT -5 goldenlove3 said:

Nov 6, 2016 9:02:43 GMT -5 dream2be3 said:

Congrats goldenlove3! He's adorable - love the hat!

The hat and onsie were actually made by one of the nurses! I was happy because we didn't have any cute Halloween stuff for him.

That's awesome!

[mrswillie]

goldenlove3 oh my goodness!Your pumpkin is so cute! Congrats. We have a Colin too and our other DS's mn is Joseph, so I love the name!

[emilie]

huge congrats artmusiclife and goldenlove3!!

[dream2be3]

Not sure how I missed it - congrats @artmusiclife! I can't wait to read your birth story!