**Informal 3rd Tri Check-In 1/23/17**

[dancerspose]

Hey Ladies. Does anyone want to take over the third tri check-in? Sorry to have to abandon you all early. It's a pretty easy one to do.

Tiny Dancer and I got home yesterday evening. We're both doing well. She's already got her daddy wrapped around her little finger. I still can't believe she's here after everything....i keep expecting to wake up from some cruel dream.

I'll add a picture for a little while soon. Thank you all for you contestant support. I'm always thinking of you all!

[glb30]

dancerspose I missed this!!! Congrats!!!! I can take over the check-in.

AFM....31 weeks. I've been having a lot of Braxton Hicks, which are annoying. It's hard to lay down and drink water on demand!
No appointments this week, but we start our weekly NST next week! I had my shower this past weekend- it was great. I'm tired now though.

[turquoisequeen]

dancerspose so glad you are home now!

glb30 thanks for taking over! Glad you had a great shower!

jennykat I'm so sorry about the issues blowing up. I hope the breathing helps your anxiety.

AFM, 34w1d. Another nst and check up tomorrow. Toddler and I both have terrible colds and I'm SO over it. My body feels likes it's breaking down and it was already achy to begin with. Taking DS to dr today and maybe my OB will have something to help me tomorrow. To top it off DH just had tonsil & sinus surgery last week so I've been caring for him too and he cannot help with DS. Just bad timing all around. Blehhh I hate winter.

[crazycatlady6]

afwilson - I'm glad you are all home.

glb30 - I'm glad you had an awesome shower!

jennykat - I'm sorry you are struggling with anxiety but really like the idea of scheduling out 30 minutes a day for relaxation.

AFM: I am 35 +4 and doing pretty well. I did a lot of work on the nursery this weekend and started packing my hospital bag as dancerspose and another lady on our BMB had babies within a week of my due date and it gave me the swift kick in the butt that I needed.

[kaf7]

Just lurking but congrats on the baby dancerspose and please come join us on SAIF. Same goes to all of you in 3rd trip when you have your babies and anyone who has recently had a LO.

[glb30]

crazycatlady6 glad you got a lot done this weekend!

@turqoisequeen I hope your cold goes away soon! It seems like so many people get them right near the end. So unfair!

jennykat anti-depressants can take a few weeks to reach peak effect. I hope you continue feeling better and better as the days go on. I think scheduling 30 min of you time, is a great idea! I might do it myself.....

[runcici]

Hi ladies

Congrats, dancer! I'll have to stalk the board a bit more to get the full scoop. Catlady, it sounds like a productive weekend!! Nothing like a little fire under your rear to get you in gear!!

I'm 38 weeks tomorrow, and feeling great! I've been keeping up with biweekly appointments - OB on Monday and MFM on Thursday. This rainbow of mine has been so reassuring the whole pregnancy... I really couldn't be more thankful. And yet, I still notice some anxious and negative thinking creeping in as we approach delivery. Mostly about the possibility of still losing her to a cord accident or something equally as senseless and horrible. I am trying to keep myself grounded, and stay present in the moment. I am so going to miss being pregnant. As I'm sure many of you can appreciate, I don't know if I'll ever be pregnant again after this... I already know I'm going to miss being pregnant.

In my previous appointment, my OB said we would induce on my due date - Feb 8 - if I hadn't gone into labor by then. This past Monday, I was shocked when he told me that he scheduled me for an induction date of Feb 1 at 39w!! So one week left of pregnancy at most. The thought makes me cry for all the reasons. There's disbelief that an actual living baby will be entering my world very soon. I think about hearing her voice, and I can't hold back the tears. I think of my angels... how beautiful they were. How I got to hold them, and see one of them, but didn't get to bring them home. It seems unreal that I'll actually get to bring a living baby home. And yet that's a realistic probability in the next week plus... it blows my mind.

I'm sorry I haven't been around here much during this pregnancy. There's really no reason for it other than I have been busily and happily enjoying this healthy pregnancy. Even with it being high-risk, and basically having appointments and ultrasounds every week of the pregnancy (many times 2-3 appointments in one week)... it has been going so well. The opposite of my last pregnancy. I have truly been blessed, and I couldn't be more grateful.

[yoshijo28]

Lurking, dancerspose I stalked your birth story and I'm so so happy everything went smoothly and you have your miracle baby home with you