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***3rd Trimester Check-In Week of August 22nd***
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This is a weekly check in for the mommies who have made it to the 3rd trimester!!! If you are in week 28 or past, feel free to join in on the weekly fun.
If you're just joining us, please post a mini synopsis in your first post with your EDD, how many beans, if you know the sex(es) and how you have been feeling in your 3rd trimester along with any appointments you may have this week or had recently.
QOTW: What kind of personality do you give your LO? Do you think he or she will behave/act/look a certain way based on the way he or she is while you are still pregnant?
If you have updated bump pics, please share! We love seeing these baby bellies!!! Or if you'd like to share a pic of your little one's nursery, feel free to share that cuteness as well!
3rd Trimester mommies and their little bundles:
@katie121209 : EDD 08/19/16 with a little girl
@emsmama15 : EDD 8/29/16 with a litte girl and a little boy
@chrissym126 : EDD 09/8/16 team green
@Piperella: EDD 10/2/16 with a little boy
@kennelchick: EDD 10/18/16 with a little girl
@Morningstar80: EDD 10/18/16 with a little boy
@laur2444: EDD 10/19/16 with a little boy
@Jerseygirl856: EDD 10/20/16 with a little girl
Re: ***3rd Trimester Check-In Week of August 22nd***
Im here to join you on the 3rd trimester. Still in shock as the 2nd just flown by.
My EDD is 11/11 and I'm expecting a little girl.
I'm Dutch, single and pregnant with a Danish donor. Have PCOS, which I found out after 3 IUI's without hormones, so had little time to be shocked or process it.
Did 2 more IUI's with hormones to switch over to IVF.
Did 1 fresh and 2 frozen, all with just 1 blastocyst at a time. I have still 4 frozen. (Which I actually find a really weird idea..like what happens if I don't use them all??)
My 1st Tri sucked due to HG, my 2nd flew by with occasional nausea and not eating warm food, my 3rd started with contractions. Posted a little about the latter in the randoms of this week.
QOTW: I think my little girl will look a little to much like her mother as she already is giving me a hard time...just like I did to my mother. Nothing major, just really doing all the ages properly: terrible two's, horrible three's, puberty, ... My little girl is giving me all pregnancy symptoms she can think off, and refuses to continue to kick when someone else touches the belly.
No idea how she'd look. I have no info about the donor (I decided to know as little as possible, yet my daughter can find out everything she wants to know when she's 18) so all I know she'll be Caucasian and tall (I'm 5'11" and the donor is taller)
My baby bump:
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@katie121209 and @emsmama15, I hope you're hanging in there!
I'll be 38 weeks on Thursday, and my last doctor's appointment was Friday. The doctor said the baby was very low, and of course now my every other thought I have is, "Can I please go into labor tonight? PLEASE?"
I have no idea what my son or daughter is going to be like, but if there's one thing I've appreciated, it's how consistent and healthy my pregnancy has been. Maybe he or she is calm, logical, and into science, like my husband. I'm not expecting any research breakthroughs until my LO can support his or her own head, though.
I'll be 32 weeks on Thursday and counting down the days to my growth scan. I haven't seen my baby girl since June and I can't wait to see how much she has changed since then. Based on her 3D photo from my last ultrasound, I'd say she will be a little stubborn like her mommy
@chrissym126 wow, sounds like any day now for you!
I thought of posting this on the weekly random but I'll start here, are any of you ladies planning a natural birth or planning to receive epidural? I'm going back and forth on my decision as I'm educating myself on natural birth but the fear of pain has me thinking epidural is a must! I have nothing to compare it to and although my pain tolerance is pretty high, I'm not sure how long I could sustain that tolerance.
I am 28 weeks today and expecting a baby girl with EDD 11/14. I have had PCOS since I was a teenager , after TCC for a year or so we decided to see an RE. We tried few letrozole cycles, then IUI and then we got pregnant with TI on our last letrozole cycle.
I am so curious about our little girl`s personality and her look but have no idea about anything yet. Looking forward to meeting and raising her.
@jerseygirl856 I keep thinking about the labor as well, I would love to go natural but I am not sure if I am strong enough. What i understand it is not really about the intensity of the pain but the duration of the labor. Epidural lets you relax and rest before that last push so you have more energy. My mom had to have induced labor because her contractions did not start even though her water broke so I am thinking if the same thing happens to me then I might ask for epidural because everyone says that induced contraction hurt more. But otherwise I will try and see. Which books are you reading ? Can you suggest anything ?
If all goes well with my move I'll have a natural birth, as in NL it's common to do home births. There's little choice there.
Unless one pays out of pocket or has a great insurance.
My sister had two natural births, the last one induced which she did at the hospital.
Having heard her story and seeing her afterwards being induced is indeed more painful. She said it's because with birth 1 her body slowly got ready, but with birth 2 her body wasn't aware that it should start and it came with a bang.
wow @katie12109 you are so close to the finish line! Will be sending you warm thoughts the next couple of days.
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@katie121209 hang in there! That sweet little baby will be in your arms soon!
@ZoeFer welcome to trimester number 3!
AFM: I've been diagnosed with IUGR. My baby girl is measuring small. At 32 weeks she is 3lbs 1oz. They placed her now in the 4th percentile for growth, down from 9th at her previous measurement. All of her organs look fine, but her placental perfusion is now starting to wane. I'm on modified bedrest (I can still move around the house, but no strenuous activity and no going to work) and have an ultrasound and nonstress test twice a week. They also told me yesterday that they probably won't let me go past 36/37 weeks putting baby arrival in 4 to 5 weeks. The look on my husband's face when he heard that was absolutely priceless. They also said babies in this situation don't tolerate vaginally birth well, so I'm probably looking at a c-section. This isn't how I wanted things to play out. Since I'm out of work early, I only get 8 weeks after the baby is born instead of 12. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about childcare now. The person I was going to have watch her for the few hours a couple times a week when mine and hubbs work schedules overlap I'm sure would be capable of taking care of her, but now that I know she's going to be a little premie, I'm worried.
@katie12109 Best of luck with the delivery !! I wish you and your LO the healthiest and easiest labor!
@kennelchick I am sorry for the bedrest. I hope it helps the baby grow quicker. My friend`s baby girl was born 4lb15oz at 39 weeks in July, she is doing great now. The maternity leave policies in the US is terrible, I hope you find the best caring solution for your family.
Ladies, I have a question. I am at 28 weeks and today I could not feel much baby movement today as much I normally do. I could feel few kicks when I hold on to my uterus slightly. I have read that you might miss some of the movements/kicks at this point but it just bothers me that she does not move much today. Could you let me know if this is normal at this point or should I contact my doctor just in case ? My doctor did not mention anything about baby movements last appointments.
That said, I am hoping that an induction will not be necessary! I plan to labor at home for as long as it is reasonable to do so. I just hope I don't scare my cat, but at that point I probably won't really notice.
@ZoeFer, call your doctor if you're concerned, please! It is literally what they are there for. They want to help us. And if they sound like they don't, well, check in with them now and then hopefully find another practice. But you might try having some juice and lying on your left side (if that's possible for you to do where you are) and see if you get some kicking action.
My birth plan is very similar to yours, I will wait as much as I can until I get the epidural. And if it is a quick delivery, I might try to go without it even. My mom said that my birth was so easy and quick and I hope the same for my girl
@chrissym126 thanks for sharing what you learned from your childbirth class. I'm leaning more towards epidural as well.
@kennelchick I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis and bed rest.Hopefuy your little one picks up more weight.
Welcome @tvh1982 and @ZoeFer to the 3rd trimester. Hoping all goes well for you!
I was wondering what was going on with you @katie121209!!! Hope everything is going okay. I know you're ready for your LO to arrive!
@jerseygirl856 - I'm hoping to be able to do a more natural birth, but use nitrous oxide instead of an epidural. I'd like to hold off on an epidural if at all possible, but we will see. I'm not disappointed if my plan has to change some. Check to see if your hospital gives you the option of nitrous oxide!
@kennelchick - I'm so sorry to hear that you've been diagnosed with IUGR. I'm hoping that everything turns out wonderfully for you. My nephew was born at 34w5d and he's a little little guy, but doing pretty well. Hope you are able to stay relaxed and will be keeping you all in my thoughts!
@chrissym126 - I'm so excited that baby is low and you are ready to go! LO will be here in no time!!!
I have my 34 week appt tomorrow and I get to talk to my Ob about doing an external version possibly in a few weeks due to LO being breech. He's perfectly happy being breech. It makes me a little nervous, but mostly because I took all the confident childbirth classes, came up with my birth plan, and his "breechiness" might throw all that out the window with a c-section. I think IF has taught me that nothing is set in stone or predictable when it comes to having a baby.
QOTW: I tell my little ninja boy to settle down quite often while I'm at work or when I'm trying to sleep. He's so active! We finally got a picture of his face after three months and of course he had a little smirk. He's going to keep us on our toes. I can't wait to meet him and see his personality grow and flourish during the first year and more.
Thank you everyone for the good thoughts, I really appreciate it.
Remember all the trying as it was yesterday, yet in 12 weeks I get to meet her!
Sorry to hear about the best rest. Keeping you in my prayers that your LO will grow and do well in there.
And same for you @laur2444.
Sometimes it feels like we never get a break.
Glad you are back at work @piperella, sounds like you are getting back on your feet. Can't imagine how you felt.
My midwife said to call if I don't feel movement or movement is different than I'm used to and feels off @zoefer. She said this at 27 weeks when I told her that I was worried 2 days before as I couldn't feel my LO for a day and a half.
She explained that we are so far along, that should something be off, the baby has a change to survive outside the womb.
So next time I shouldn't go to bed if my day has been off.
She also said that 9 out of 10 times its nothing, but it's their jobs to tell us it's nothing and make us stop worrying.
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I am going to go ahead and make a solemn promise here to never look at another Zika article again until after I have had the baby. We traveled to PR in January a day before the announcement about Zika came out, and it was the worst vacation of my life. Even though my CDC test came back negative for Zika antibodies, seeing Zika articles can sometimes make me very upset and we haven't had an anatomy scan since 22 weeks, at which point my doctors were satisfied the baby was developing normally. If only I could get an u/s on demand Friday! I trust my doctors, so that's what I am holding onto.
I called my doctor's office this morning to make sure a symptom (it seemed like it was mucus plug) was normal, and the nurse told me the baby should likely be coming in two weeks! I'm 38 weeks today, and I tried to bargain with her that it meant the baby would come this weekend, ha.
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I'm back at the hospital. I got nervous during the afternoon because I wasn't feeling any movement. They had me come in, and the baby looked fine on the heart monitor, however my bp is high and they admitted me. I find it odd though that they were so concerned, my last bp at 1000 was 150s/91 and no one has checked it since. It's now 330 am and I haven't seen my nurse since. I'm sure they've poked their head in and seen me sleeping, but shouldn't we have rechecked the bp after meds? I'm a nurse and I don't work in maternity I do understand hypertension management. Also when the Dr (who I've never met before) came to tell me I'd be staying he was very somber and told me that my baby is very small and very high risk. I asked high risk for what exactly, and all he would say was "not doing well". I want my Dr who knows me, knows my baby and knows how to not stress a pregnant mom into a hypertensive crisis.
Also my baby shower is on Sunday. I really hope I get to go.
@kennelchick I am so sorry ! How scary. It doesn't sound like the staff is being very helpful and attentive
**BFP and loss warning**