^^^3rd Tri Check In 2/16^^^

[kmc84]

Welcome to the 3rd Tri Check In!

We will welcome ladies at 28 weeks until their LO(s) make their grand entrance!
Please let me know if you would like to be added and include your EDD, team status, and how many beans are cooking. If you see anything that needs to be changed, let me know!
Let us know how many weeks you are, if you have any updates, and any upcoming appointments.


QOTW: Who do you want with you in the delivery room?

Congratulations on your new arrival:
Robeano RCS 1/28 brought sweet lil Beatrix

FEBRUARY
anchovies 2/17/15 (team green)
runawaylaurel 2/22/15 (team green)

MARCH
@ducky719 3/8/15 (girl)
snarkysparklefart 3/9/15 (girl)
lib1974 3/27/15 (girl)

APRIL
aliciar6 4/8/15 
kmc84 4/11/15 (girl)
ProfessorChaos 4/17/15 (girl)

MAY
gsancho 5/2/15 (girl)

[kmc84]

I had another NST and OB visit today. All is well except that I've suddenly gotten very itchy, including my hands and feet. So, tomorrow when I go the the endo, they are going to add liver function tests as well to see if I have cholestasis..... booo. I'll also start twice weekly visits after 34 weeks. My hands and wrists are also swollen.  I'm just a sexy, itchy thing

QOTW: DH and only DH (besides necessary medical staff ) the only other person I could imagine having with me would be my mom who is no longer with us DH was pretty cool about everything during A's delivery. We did have one very funny moment....after A was born, he walked to the other side of the room to see her under the heater getting cleaned up. When he walked back to the other side of the bed, he happened to walk past at the same time my placenta came out (it very glamorously gets delivered into a bucket BTW). DH goes to the OB "What. Was. That." LOL he was fine, it just totally caught him off guard! I still laugh at the look on his face and the tone of his voice!

[ProfessorChaos]

I have a question for the group: how in the hell am I supposed to be cooking extra food for post-delivery when I'm too tired to cook meals for the right now?!

Ahem. Hope all are well! 31+3 here! We toured the hospital yesterday, so I was able to do a lot of birth prep since--started our hospital bag list (haven't actually packed anything, though!), wrote out the draft of the birth plan, and I've got a shopping list for postpartum personal care needs. It's all theoretical work, but these have been on the to-do list for a while, so I'm feeling better with preliminary work done. We're interviewing the first pediatrician tomorrow (1 of 2, unless we hate them both). All this makes me sound much more energetic than I am; I've started having a lot of trouble sleeping, mostly bc I wake up around 5/5:30 and can't get back to sleep. I'm also really tired of all this damn snow and cold!!! The high yesterday was -5 degrees with -30 degree windchills.

Another appt on Friday, but it's just a check-up. All seems well physically and with the little girl.

QOTW: Just DH and our doula. I can't even imagine wanting anyone else in there!

kmc84 - That's a great story! The teacher brought one into the birth class for us to see, and I have to admit it was cooler than I thought, especially when she stretched out the sac so we could see it. When she told us this plan in advance I thought it was totally insane, but I'm glad she did it.

[kmc84]

ProfessorChaos as far as the cooking....plan what meals you want, get a shopping list together, if you happen to have a Shop Rite- order online and have them deliver(!!!!) (also AMAZING for PP...), and then just take a day and tackle it!

I know you said you were in upstate NY too...I'm so curious now how close we are! Are you by any chance delivering at AMC or SPH?

[sugar4bri]

kmc84 I'd like to be added! I'm so excited (and terrified) to be joining you all here!

28w4d today EDD 5/7 (although I won't go past 38w) Team Purple B/G twins

I had a MFM appointment today and babies look great! They are both a little over 3 lbs each and the dr was thrilled with the weight (especially since it's twins). So I won't go back for another month to see them. I also have an OB appointment on Wednesday which should be quick. I do want to see if they have an idea on if/when I am going on leave. Things are getting really exhausting for me at work and I feel like I need two days off to recoup from one day of work. Otherwise, I'm doing ok.

QOTW: DH definitely, but I wouldn't mind my mom or my sister. I also wouldn't mind my aunt, who was formerly a l&d nurse, and now works at the hospital I will deliver at. She does the hearing tests now for newborns, so I think she would be good too.

[ProfessorChaos]

sugar4bri - Glad things are going so well for you! Congrats on being in the third tri!

kmc84 - YGPM (My first on this site, so I'm not sure this is necessary)!

[snarkysparklefart]

Hey everyone! Welcome sugar4bri!

37w today! Had regular OB & NST today, all is well. My VBAC hopes seems so realistic right now that I am just blown away and very thankful. And nervous, TBH.

I'm so over the 'have you had that baby yet' and 'cross your knees through the snow/ice/etc'.. Ugh. Seriously, calm down folks. I feel like people constantly commenting on me not having a blizzard baby is A) rude and not their business; and B) ridiculous, I just hit 37 w. Its a gift to have made it this far and maybe I want to enjoy it because of how much it took to get here?! I'm guessing they just wouldn't understand as well as you gals.

QOTW: just H! kmc84 I love your story, my Hs comment after my C/s when I asked him what he saw: "everything. Like literally your guts and everything. Then they just put it all back in and sewed it up". Ha!

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Hi girls! 37w1d and feeling pretty good. I was super productive today...made cream of turkey soup, chicken pot pie, and mac and cheese to freeze. I also made a carrot cake for my MIL's bday which we are celebrating tomorrow. DH was off today and i actually had some good energy. Next appt is Wed.

QOTW: just DH. This time there won't be a discussion w my mom on whether or not she can be there...bc she is on DD duty.

[rella22]

Heeeere I am! 29 weeks TODAY!! With an EDD of now May 7th! I'm cooking one little baby girl bean in there and can't believe I am already in my 3rd tri. Nothing crazy going on with me...trying to remain active and get some things done!!

QOTW: I am just going to have DH in the delivery room with me!

[gsancho]

Hello! 29w but not much new to report. I've been a bit stricter about avoiding fatty foods and dairy, and the pain by my gall bladder was much better this week. I even went the week without puking, although I do still get nauseous. Been getting cramps in my legs, but it's not a huge deal in the scheme of things.

QOTW: Probably just DH, although I'm not opposed to having my mom there. My mom and I are very close and I'd like her to be there...but she also had the easiest pregnancy and delivery on earth, so she's had a hard time relating to my discomforts and worries the last few months. With my luck, I'd shit myself during delivery, and she'd wonder how on earth we're related. At least I know DH can handle whatever happens.

[ProfessorChaos]

I could have sworn that I'd posted here that runawaylaurel had her little boy (YAY!!!), but I don't see the post. I wonder if I put it somewhere else and inappropriate?

[kmc84]

Feb 17, 2015 17:36:40 GMT -5 ProfessorChaos said:

I could have sworn that I'd posted here that runawaylaurel had her little boy (YAY!!!), but I don't see the post. I wonder if I put it somewhere else and inappropriate?

Oh yay! I never saw it either

[aliciar6]

33 weeks today, been so busy lately with weekly scans of my cervix, but at least I'm stable for now. We had a growth scan last week, she is a bit small so we moved up the 36 week one to 35 weeks. ALMOST done with the nursery. down to just putting everything on the walls. I will be so happy when that is done.
QOTW: Only DH will be allowed, but then you can only have one person since I am c-section.

ProfessorChaos I was thinking about that...I decided that DH can cook, order out, or my mom can cook because just thawing stuff out to me was going to be a pain.

[runawaylaurel]

I have been so bad about checking both sites but I have an adorable excuse (as ProfessorChaos mentioned!)- baby Dane joined us on 2/9 at 38w1d. I was still able to have our planned homebirth despite being GBS+ and having PROM. He is so, so amazing and the birth experience was everything I'd hoped for.

I'll be stalking all of you to see your little ones come into the world!

QOTW: I seriously debated whether my mom should be with us and felt bad because I didn't really want her around. In the end, it was my husband, midwife, birth assistant, and a student midwife. They were all perfect.

[kmc84]

Feb 19, 2015 12:27:41 GMT -5 runawaylaurel said:

I have been so bad about checking both sites but I have an adorable excuse (as ProfessorChaos mentioned!)- baby Dane joined us on 2/9 at 38w1d. I was still able to have our planned homebirth despite being GBS+ and having PROM. He is so, so amazing and the birth experience was everything I'd hoped for.

I'll be stalking all of you to see your little ones come into the world!

QOTW: I seriously debated whether my mom should be with us and felt bad because I didn't really want her around. In the end, it was my husband, midwife, birth assistant, and a student midwife. They were all perfect.

Congratulations! Way to go on your home birth! I'm so happy it went how you hoped Enjoy that new lil bundle!

[snarkysparklefart]

runawaylaurel, many congrats to you!! I'm so glad you had a great birth experience!