**3rd Tri Check In 11/29**

[emilie]

Hey all! I am so sorry that I did not post this yesterday! I've been training my replacement at work - would be awkward to TCF while doing that

So 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.

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

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

February
Evelyn3 - 2/3 (boy)
tiresiastheblond - 2/5 (girl)
dancerspose - 2/16 (girl)

QOTW: What holidays in December do you celebrate? Do you decorate? Are you hosting anything this year?

[mrswillie]

Thanks for the check-in emilie.

So this is my last check-in. Baby will be here on Thursday. Just been trying to get some last minute things done. I can't believe it's time!

We got some awful news on Thanksgiving. My dad has a brain tumor and will be having surgery at the same time as my c/s to remove it and send it for biopsy to determine the type of cancer and treatment. I'm 8 hours away so won't be able to visit any time soon.

QOTW: Well, the two biggest national holidays we'll be celebrating are baby's birth and my birthday! Lol. Christmas and I try to decorate as much as I can but nothing crazy. Love having it feel Christmas-y. Definitely not hosting anything!

[crazycatlady6]

emilie- can you please add me?

EDD: 2/23 with 1 little boy cooking.

I am 27+6 so crashing the party a day early, i'm so excited to be here!

No appointments this week, lots next week including my Glucose test (yuck).

mrswillie - good luck on Thursday! I'm sorry to hear about your dad, I hope that it's not an aggressive form of cancer.

QOTW: I celebrate my birthday and Christmas which are back to back. I will decorate in about 2 weeks, there are 5 furry reasons why my decorations stay up for about 2 weeks. I am staying home with DH and most likely will have no visitors since both sides of the family are out of town. I see my family this weekend for an early Christmas/baby shower.

[lastnamewithheld]

Thanks for the check in, emilie! I hope training is going well!
mrswillie, that's so scary about your dad. I hope the biopsy goes well and it's something that can be dealt with. also: OMG Thursday is tomorrow!!!! I'll be stalking!

Welcome crazycatlady6!!

[lastnamewithheld]

Hi everyone! I'm hanging out at 37+4, I have another appointment today. I doubt anything will have changed from last week, but hey it'd be a nice surprise. I just can't wait to meet this kid!

Also: H felt his son hiccup in utero for the first time last night. That was pretty special.

We have a few little decorations we put out for xmas, but we haven't quite gotten there this year yet. We usually do a get together for xmas eve but I'm not making any promises this year

[Winnifred]

mrswillie, you and your family are in my T&P's. I so hope that your c-section goes amazing tomorrow and your little one does great! And huge ((hugs)) regarding your family's situation. Please keep us updated if you can. You are one strong momma!

crazycatlady6, welcome to 3rd tri!!

lastnamewithheld, glad you're doing well! Hoping for some progress!

[Winnifred]

Hey ladies! I still can't believe I'm next on the list beginning tomorrow. At the same time, I have all the intuition that baby will be hanging out with us as long as possible. Hoping to have a cervix check tomorrow and talk actual dates for induction with my dr just so I can have an end date in mind.

I'm honestly doing really good for being 38w3d, but I'm starting to get really impatient/ready for her to be here. I'm also feeling overwhelmed already thinking about visitors on top of being nervous for handling a newborn and those postpartum hormone changes.

QOTW: We're all decorated for Christmas, although DH would really like to add a tree in our formal living room... so we'll see. I think he has other things to do, which I plan on writing out in list form for him this weekend! He did the outside lights last night and it looks awesome! I'm not planning on hosting anything over the holiday, but we'll see what ends up happening. I would be happy to spend it just the three of us and our pets, but I have a feeling that family members will want to come over.

[dancerspose]

Thanks for the check-in emilie.
mrswillie AHH so exciting. I'll be anxiously awaiting your update tomorrow. Good luck!
crazycatlady6 welcome to third tri lady!
lastnamewithheld hope your appointment today went well.
Winnifred you're getting so close!!!!

I'm at 28w6d, and doing well. Nothing much going on. I have a regular OB appointment next week. I'm trying to start sorting out what I'll do about work and all that. I just found out that DH will be out of the country for 3 weeks in either March or April/May then again in June, so now we've got that to figure out.

QOTW - We're a Chanukah household. There's pretty minimal decorating, just an electric menorah in the window and our regular ones on the table. Sometimes I put a few stickies on the windows too. We sometimes invite friends over for potato latkes and dreidle playing, but since Chanukah falls so late this year, and my SIL is due 12/20 things will likely be a little nuts.

[roeni]

QOTW: What holidays in December do you celebrate? Do you decorate? Are you hosting anything this year? We celebrate Christmas and are trying to get decorations up now amidst getting the rest of our house tiled and lots of other stuff going on. My husband is doing more than his fair share of house stuff since I am over it by the end of the day! I am only 33+5 today but already feeling full term.

I got my last bile acid results back and the levels were at 9 again...to be diagnosed with ICP it has to be at a 10, but I am still having symptoms so I will be re-tesing tomorrow. If anything maybe I just have a really mild case of it and won't need to deliver too early.

mrswillie , Sorry you received that news and what a hard thing to hear. I pray your delivery goes well!
crazycatlady6 , Welcome!
lastnamewithheld , I feel the hiccups all the time...like a little twitch.
Winnifred , You are so close! understanding the anxiety about all those things.
dancerspose , mmmm Potato latkes!

Wow this list has gotten really short!