~~~3rd tri check in 3/16 (one day early)~~~

[kmc84]

Welcome to the 3rd Tri Check In! I’m posting early again because I have another long Monday full of OB appointments and I’m honestly not sure what tomorrow is going to bring….

Anyway, this will be my last week in 3rd Tri, so if anyone is interested in taking over, please let us know and you can start with next weeks 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: Do you speak any languages other than English?

Congratulations on your new arrivals:
Robeano RCS 1/28 brought sweet lil Beatrix
runawaylaurel Welcomed baby Dane on 2/9
anchovies Turned team blue on 2/15! Welcome baby Anthony!
mrswillie Welcomed baby Colin on 3/4!
amshark Had her B/G twins on 3/5! Congratulations momma! Can’t wait for more details!
ducky19 3/6 brought Emily Grace into the world! Congratulations!
snarkysparklefart Welcomed baby Athena on 3/6!

MARCH
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)
sugar4bri 5/7/15 (B/G twins)
rella22 5/7/15 (girl)
lolasky 5/15/15 (boy)
sunshinedaisies 5/16/15 (boy)
Aimothy 5/17/15 (boy)
hollberry 5/21/15 (boy)
viola 5/25/15 (Team Green)
IFinTN 5/31/15 (boy)

JUNE
@turquooisequeen 6/3/15 (boy)

[IFinTN]

kmc84, good luck tomorrow! I hope that everything stays stable with your LFTs and that baby is head down for you.

AFM, I have my first of twice weekly BPPs tomorrow morning. Little guy feels like he's trying to climb out of my sides, so I'm pretty sure he'll pass again. He was full on breech on Friday's BPP but I can tell he's switched back to transverse because he kicks the crap out of my left side!

QOTW: Just English, I took French in high school but little was retained. I used to be an organic chemist...I kind of felt like that was a different language, so if that counts:)

[kmc84]

My itching has gotten so unbelievably bad this weekend. I have been taking 50mg of Benedryl just to try and sleep a little. It doesn't help the itching, but it makes me tired enough that I can sort of sleep through it. I woke up today with my foot burning and when I looked at it, I realized I must have been rubbing my feet together all night enough to blister the skin and then I rubbed the skin off the blister this is so miserable! I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I actually called the on call OB today to see if she could check my bile salt level that was drawn on Wednesday and it STILL isn't back yet! It takes forever! I have a BPP, NST, and OB follow up tomorrow morning and I am going to beg them to do something by Tuesday. I can't take much more of this.....No matter what happens, she has until 3/20 and then she is getting evicted.  I really feel like I am going crazy from the itching. My last bile salt level was 39.1 and my MFM gave a cut off level of 40. With as bad as the itching has gotten, I have to think it's over 40 by now. I have no idea what position the baby is in, but that's nothing new!

QOTW: Only English for me. I took Spanish in HS, but all our teachers (including subs) kept leaving to go on maternity leave, so we really learned nothing. I took two semesters in college and I got by, but nothing really sunk in unfortunately.

[viola]

kmc84 I hope you get some relief from the itching soon! That sounds unbearable

IFinTN Good luck at your appointment.

AFM: I have an appointment on Tuesday and will be getting the order for my u/s to check the placenta. I'm trying to stay really positive about it and will it away from my cervix. May the force be with me

Nothing else too exciting is going on. I'm officially uncomfortable all the time and about 1-2 a week I don't sleep. I finally get the "GET THE FUCK OUT" mentality of women in third tri. I can only imagine what the following weeks are going to do to my mental state. Labor sounds scary (I'm not ready!) and like sweet relief at the same time.

QOTW: I don't speak any other languages but I do know a few phrases and words here and there. Mostly Spanish and a couple in French

[gsancho]

Good luck kmc84 ! So at this point having your girl the only thing that would cure the itching? Thank goodness you're in the home stretch!

Not much new here. I had bad insomnia this week, would end up taking lots of naps...I don't even remember the week. So hopefully I'm on somewhat of a better routine this week and can feel productive. I have appointments with 2 pediatricians, and I'm oddly excited about it.

QOTW: I speak Spanish from when I grew up in Puerto Rico. It's always interesting, though, how different the dialect is from other countries. I can understand someone from PR or the Caribbean region any day...but if you're from Spain, Argentina, or from a rural part of Mexico - I really have a hard time with those accents.

[kmc84]

viola good luck at your u/s! Thinking good things for you!

gsancho yes. Delivery is the only cure....hopefully it clears with 48 hours!

[hollberry]

kmc84, can you put socks and mittens on to prevent you from sleep-scratching? Another antihistamine to try is chlorpheniramine. Will an oatmeal foot bath bring any relief? I can’t imagine what you are going through but wish you the best.
viola, FX for a good ultrasound and that your placenta has moved.
gsancho, I think I’m with you on the insomnia and naps stage. I am up at 2 and 4 am and have been watching a lot of Netflix at those hours.

AFM: Oh where to start… thanks to IFinTN ‘s previous post about a UTI, it got me thinking. I just thought I had a baby breakdancing on my bladder and that’s why I had to pee so much, but on Friday I started to feel the familiar urgency and burning sensation. Took a trip Saturday morning to the doctors where my UA showed high whites, high ketones and trace protein levels. Started to freak out about pre-E but my BP was totally normal. They are running a culture to see if anything grows and she did put me on a course of antibiotics. I have a regular OB appointment on Thursday to discuss the ketone issue. Dr. Google gives multiple reasons for ketones in urine but none seem to match my lifestyle.( I’m not dehydrated, not starving myself, no GD) I did go back and look at my bloodwork from 2/20 and it showed high whites and high neutrophils, so I am a bit concerned that I’ve had a low level infection since then. Guess I’ll find out more when my urine culture comes back.

QOTW: I took Italian and Spanish in high school and the best I have retained is counting to 10 and asking where the bathroom and library is.

[IFinTN]

hollberry that sounds like UTI to me! I started feeling better after about 3 doses of keflex. The dipstick missed it but the culture did come back positive on Friday.

Sneaky damn infections!

[ProfessorChaos]

kmc84, I'm so sorry this has been so rough for you! I'm sure you have mixed feelings about how short a time you have left before she's here. Good luck with your appts! Any news on her orientation?

IFinTN, good luck with your BPPs! Do you mean he'll pass because he's active? Or just bc you know he's doing well?

viola, good luck with the placenta check! I'm hoping it's moved well away by now. Btw, thank you for spoiling that really disturbing gif. It's just so....creepy!

gsancho, sorry about the insomnia. Hope it gets better. Good luck with the pediatrician visits! For us, we met one and just adored him. I hope that you have a similarly clear instinct about one of yours.

hollberry, if that is a UTI, I hope it clears up quickly. They're no fun! I've had ketones a few times, but it was clearly linked to not enough to eat or drink on a given day.

AFM, I've got a busy couple of days of appts. I see a PT tomorrow, and I'm desperately hoping they'll be able to help with my back pain. If not, I may just lay down on the floor and cry for the next month. I can't seem to find any relief from it. We'll also see the doula for our last prep visit. I think she's going to show us tips and techniques for how to manage labor before she joins us, and go over plans for what will happen once she does. Tuesday I'll have my GBS test and my first weekly checkup. It's all getting so close, and fortunately we're nearly done with our prep. I would just love it if the back pain could go away so that I could get a good amount of work done before she comes.

QOTW: I used to speak Japanese, as I was an exchange student in high school. I did full immersion for a year, but never kept it up so it's well atrophied in the twenty (!!!) years since. I also took years of Spanish, but was never proficient. This is a source of much self-disappointment, and one day I hope to be able to take Spanish courses. Perhaps post tenure?

[sunshinedaisies]

Sounds like so many of you guys have a lot going on - between the lack of sleep, UTIs and random pains. Hope everything gets better for everyone soon! viola, GL on your placenta check!!

kmc84, sorry you are having such a rough go, hopefully you can find some relief until you deliver.

AFM, I had my repeat ultrasound last Monday and the tech was all business and didn't even let me have a sneak peak at LO's face. I know, that's not why I was there, but I was a bit disappointed that all she did was check my placenta measurement/cervix and then heart. But good news, my placenta has moved from 1.7 cm to 5.8 cm from the cervix, so I am perfectly fine now!! It was a relief to hear. Otherwise, I have another OB appointment on Wednesday. I can't complain too much about symptoms because it sounds like everyone else is having it way worse, but I've been having a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions in the last week, so I'm trying to take it easy and keep hydrated.

Otherwise, I am quite happy to report that I go home on Friday for 10 whole days (squee!!!) with DH and my shower is next weekend! I am actually really excited, but it will be bittersweet because DH and I are packing our house to move out, and when I come back to school, it's the last time I'll see my home.

QOTW: I'd say French, I've studied it since I was 5 and lived in France for 7 months in college, but since I don't really use it, it's much harder for me to speak it now. I can still read it perfectly fine and I can understand it when I hear it, but it's definitely more difficult.

[Aimothy]

Nothing new or exciting here. I had a check up last week, in which I thought maybe I had another UTI, turns out, it's probably just baby playing on my bladder all day long.

kmc84,I hope you get some relief soon. I know 3/20 isn't that far away, but I'm sure it feels like light years with all the itching.

gsancho, hollberry, I'm with you on the napping. I'm back to my first tri routine of sleeping from about 5-6 pm then getting up and going to bed at 8 pm. Those few weeks of 2nd tri were glorious.

sunshinedaisies, I'm glad your placenta moved!

QOTW: I know very limited Spanish, like we're talking what kids learn from Sesame Street. I took two years of it in high school, but our instructor was horrible and we spent most of our time watching Disney movies...in English.

[viola]

sunshinedaisies YES for placenta moving success stories! This makes me so happy for you and hopeful for myself

ProfessorChaos It was really taking away from anything serious I had to say. It still makes me laugh though. The awkward is too much

[sugar4bri]

Hi ladies! I'm so sorry I've been MIA lately! I've battled a horrible cold the past couple of weeks and I'm finally starting to feel better. Congrats to those with outside babies!! Welcome to those just starting 3rd tri!

AFM, I'll be 33 weeks on Thursday! Then, on Friday, I'll be starting maternity leave!! I can't begin to tell you how excited I am for that. Work has just been the pits and my feet/ankles are sooo swollen by the time I get home. I definitely pushed myself long enough at work, so I think it's well deserved that I (hopefully) get some time to relax/get last minute things done before these babies arrive.

I had my family baby shower last weekend (it was a Noahs Ark theme and sooo adorable hopefully my pics will attach oh and you all have the privilege to see my face lol the one and only time ) and two weeks before that, my coworkers also gave me one. I can't begin to tell you how lucky we are to have such wonderful and generous people in our lives! We've got pretty much everything we need now. Except for cribs. I know, it's terrible, but I can't decide what I want! I don't have a choice this week though because my husband is forcing me to make a decision. Otherwise, we just have to paint and then the nursery will be done! Then it's just waiting for the babes to get here!

QOTW: just English. I took 4 years of Spanish in high school but can't really speak it except for simple sentences.

[lolasky]

Hi ladies! Wow, so much stuff going on this week! kmc84, that itching sounds horrible… sunshinedaisies, so glad your placenta moved up!!! sugar4bri, that cake looks amazing! And everyone, good luck with all the appointments coming up!

AFM: Just the usual! Uncomfortable, trouble sleeping, heartburn. I recently figured out I'm having Braxton Hicks every now and then… But, on the other hand, I started becoming aware of Bean hiccuping, which I love. Oh, and what's up with that right rib pain--Bean kicking the same spot?

QOTW: I speak English and an Eastern European language fluently. I also took Spanish in middle school, HS, and college… so I guess I'm conversational… but EXTREMELY rusty, so I actually recently downgraded my "fluency" to "Basic" on my resume!

[kmc84]

Tomorrow is the day! BPP and NST are still good, but my labs are creeping back up. Baby is still breach unfortunately, so c section is set for noon. I'm sad/scared/anxious about the c/s, but I'm feeling much better about it than I did last week. I'm finding comfort in knowing that we have tried everything to get this kid to turn and nothing has worked, so I just need to accept that things are out of my hands and this is what needs to happen. I'm also looking forward to the sweet relief from this itching!!!!! So excited to not want to rip my skin off

I'll update when I can!

[ProfessorChaos]

Mar 16, 2015 13:59:46 GMT -5 kmc84 said:

Tomorrow is the day! BPP and NST are still good, but my labs are creating back up. Baby is still breach unfortunately, so c section is set for noon. I'm sad/scared/anxious about the c/s, but I'm feeling much better about it than I did last week. I'm finding comfort in knowing that we have tried everything to get this kid to turn and nothing has worked, so I just need to accept that things are out of my hands and this is what needs to happen. I'm also looking forward to the sweet relief from this itching!!!!! So excited to not want to rip my skin off

I'll update when I can!

EEP!!!! Good luck, lady! I'll be thinking of you! If this is how she wants to come into the world, it's just out of your hands. Can't wait for you pics!!

[sunshinedaisies]

kmc84, GL tomorrow! I'll be thinking about you.


Well count me as another one to spend the night in Labor & Delivery. Last night I started having back pains, which I thought was just from maybe overdoing it at the gym. Then a few hours later it intensified, and with that came contractions, lots of vomiting and an urgency to pee even though I couldn't (and I was well hydrated). One call to L&D later (after much convincing from DH) and off I went.

The pain got much worse after I got there and checked in, and they confirmed I was having a lot of contractions and I threw up a ton more at the hospital. They gave me a ton of meds: IV, antibiotic, zofran from the nausea, a medicine to stop the contractions, and morphine for the pain - which did nothing. Best they could tell, it may be a combination of a kidney stone and/or a UTI/other infection. The pain did eventually stop in my back (worst pain I've ever felt and made the contractions mild by comparison), so I am assuming that is when the stone passed from the kidney to the bladder. I am pretty sure I passed the stone this morning - they sent it off for analysis. Fun night....

On the plus side, I got to listen to LO's heartbeat for the entire night, I got a quick peak on the ultrasound before they checked my kidneys this morning and he's still head and face down, and he was kicking up a storm the entire night, like he knew I needed the reassurance! They also checked my cervix - still nice and long and closed, so they told me very early on that he's doing just fine.

Hope everyone else's week is better than mine!

[kmc84]

sunshinedaisies that's a rough night! I'm so glad baby is ok! I hope things resolve well and there's no more of that!

[ProfessorChaos]

sunshinedaisies, oh my, so sorry you went through that! There's a woman on the PgAL (now CAR) forum who's passed, I think, three kidney stones during her pregnancy, basically with no pain meds. Talk about hellish! I hope yours is a UTI or something else that can be easily treated. Glad your little one was looking so good!

[lolasky]

sunshinedaisies, ahhh what a terrible night! But I'm so glad that it was nothing to do with the LO!!!

[viola]

kmc84 Good Luck tomorrow!

sunshinedaisies That sounds like hell! I hope you're feeling better now.

[turquoisequeen]

kmc84 good luck tomorrow! It's out of your hands but so exciting you'll be meeting her so soon!

@sunshinesdaisies oh goodness! Hope you are doing better.

28w5d for me. We took a childbirth class this past weekend and it was pretty informative especially for DH so I'm glad we did it. I have a regular check up with my OB on Wednesday.

QOTW: just English. Took some Spanish classes but not much of it stuck. Really wish I could speak Spanish or Italian.

[IFinTN]

kmc84 good luck tomorrow!! Sorry about the CS but I know you'll be glad to get rid of that itching as a bonus to having a cute cuddly baby:)

sunshinedaisies damn that sucks! I had a stone many years ago and the thought of passing one while pregnant makes me want to hurl for you!

AFM-baby passed his first BPP of the week with no problems. They have noted that I have amniotic fluid levels on the high end of normal, which is apparently common with GD. One more thing to worry about I guess.

And my uti symptoms came back w a vengeance over the weekend so I am starting augmentin while I finish up my last day of keflex. Fun times!

[nutmeg8484]

Lurking from 2nd tri.

sunshinedaisies I have had kidney stones in the past and the urologist I saw last time said they are more likely to form during pregnancy. They are the worst! I hope that you're in the clear now though if you passed it.

[sunshinedaisies]

Ah thanks everyone, feeling much better now, just super tired and worn out from all of the tensing up during the pain. Back is a little sore, but the ultrasound this morning showed no signs of any more stones, so that's good. I was told to cut back on calcium (I was taking a supplement, not any more!) and protein.

IFinTN, sorry that sucks about your UTI symptoms returning, hopefully it clears up soon!

nutmeg8484, I've heard that too, so I'm just lucky I guess! On the plus side, I've heard the pain from a kidney stone is worse than labor - confirmed by my mom who passed one just 3 days before she gave birth to me! If that's true, bring on labor!

[gsancho]

kmc84, Good luck today!!

sunshinedaisies, glad you are doing better! It definitely does not sound fun...