+++ 3rd Tri Check-In 1/7 +++

mdiblasi10

This is a weekly check-in for members in their third trimester. You can feel free to join at 28 weeks and we will bid you an excited farewell when you greet your little ones! If you are new, please include your EDD and team in your post. 

How far along are you? Upcoming appointments? Any updates to share? How are you feeling? 

QOTW: Is baby's nursery ready? Did you do a theme/color? Extra points for pictures  

Recent Grads  

@wolfette139 1/13 Girl - Congratulations!!

@irshlove16 12/25 Girl - Congratulations on Quinn's arrival! 

@Sparkles2040 1/6 Boy - Congratulations on Canyon's arrival!

@babydreams13 12/28 Boy - Congratulations! Hope your recovery is going well.

@dp21 1/8 Girl - Congratulations on Gabriella's arrival! And thank you for sharing the birth story.

@mkateg1/14 Boy/Girl twins - I saw on another board that the twins arrived. I am sure you are busy, but if you stop by, congratulations!

December

@saintelizabeth 12/30 Team Green - I believe baby is here, but didn't see a formal announcement. Excited to hear and find out if baby is a boy or girl

January

@southernyankeegirl 1/13 Boy - You're getting very close!! So exciting

@Milagros315‌ 1/18 Boy - Good luck with your growth scan!

@hopeby2015 1/21 Girl - Good luck with today's appointment.

@lady2010 1/24 Team Green  

@hopeby2015‌ 1/21 girl 

@mdiblasi10 1/30 Girl 

February

@WA1215 2/2 Girl - 

@ksgsnu 2/3 Twin Boys 

@Robeano 2/3 Girl - 

@MissEm15 2/10 Twin Boys - 

@Momarazzi007 2/16 Boy - .

@weansworld09 2/17 Team Green - 10 hours shifts?! Wowza! I hope you had a relaxing break between them.

@Neesey 2/18 Team Green - 

@Ecarabeo217 2/19 Boy -

@jaytee16 2/19 Boy/Girl Twins - I hope things are staying stable with you and the babies. Hugs!

@runawaylaurel 2/22 Team Green

@BeckyP005 2/22 Girl

March

@Ducky719 3/8 Girl - Hopefully things have slowed down some for you now that the holidays are over.

@mrs.willie 3/11 Boy - I hope you are feeling better!

@chucktgirl 3/18 - Welcome! Boy/girl/team green? 

@KT416 3/21 - Welcome!!  Boy/girl/team green? 

@lib1974 3/27 Girl - I hope you are feeling better!

mrs.willie

I'm 31 weeks today!

My next appt is next Thursday. I saw on their patient portal that the one dr I really do not like was scheduled to assist my dr (who I requested) for my c/s. Boo to that. Hopefully she doesn't even speak to me.

My exciting update is 34 days of work at most before my leave starts!! Woohoo!

My cold turned into a sinus infection. Went to the dr's over the weekend and was back there with Monday a.m. with DS. His flu test was negative thankfully. He was home Monday and Tuesday and is starting to feel better today. I signed him up for his last swim session before baby comes and now I'm saying what the hell was I thinking! Oh I know, that he loves it... it's not about me. This is the last session I have to get in with him and then he'll move on to group lessons. Yay! I'm sure I'll be back in with baby in a few months though.

QOTW: The nursery is not completely ready. The furniture is all put together in there, but still cleaning it out because it was an extra bedroom. It's a sports theme.

BeckyP005

Hey there...haven't checked in lately. Trying to play catch up on my boards

33 weeks! Can't believe I will meet her soon. Have an OB appt this Friday. I'm getting really nervous on the cervical checks and start of labor. I feel pretty lucky that I haven't had any serious issues and being almost 47 in few months but damn I'm tired and having a hard time walking. I feel like she is ready to come out!! Guess being uncomfortable is part of 3rd trip lol.

QOTW: Crib and furniture are in room. Glider stick needs put together and pictures still need hung up. Oh and valences too. Here is a pic of out crib skirt which I had to exchange for right length.

Robeano

36 weeks yesterday. Had a midwife appointment today. My blood pressure was creeping up and I had some bad headaches with heartburn on the weekend. Which landed me in the hospital doing an NST and an ultrasound. So my baby is measuring 6.8lbs on the ultrasound right now. It was recommended that for a VBAC the baby should not be measuring more than 8.8lbs. So not the greatest of news. That being said, it's pretty likely that I will have my care transferred to an OB now b/c of my history of high blood pressure with my previous pregnancy. So I kinda feel up in the air right now. I really want a VBAC, but my blood pressure is creeping up and the baby is growing quite big. Plus the on call OB today said my cervix is 3.7cm so he said not very favourable for an induction any time soon. My other choice is a planned c-section, I just don't know. Guess we'll wait to see what happens in a few days at my next NST and blood pressure check.

QOTW: my nursery is totally not ready. My cousin's wife is coming over Saturday to help me sort out clothes and clean up the nursery.

Ecarabeo217

34 weeks tomorrow! Had a BPP today that looked good and MFM appointment next week Friday. Getting tired, but still hanging in there and doing ok. Working through the end of the month. I have made a really difficult decision and turned in my resignation letter last week. I've decided that I will be going out on my own in my own practice once I deliver. Crazy timing, ut nothing like jumping into the deep end of the pool. So plate is definitely FULL! Setting up a maternity pic shoot for next weekend.
QOTW: nursery is coming along but I got stuck at windows. Blinds are up, but I'm still working on curtains. Paint is all done and closet shelving is done. Clothes are all washed and some stuff has made it into drawers. Got my glider today (yay!) but it's still sitting in my garage in the box. Almost there! Furniture is built but I'm not allowed to build the crib until after baby is born (superstitions). The nursery will have owls, but I didn't want to make an owl "theme" so took the colors from the fabric I'm using to make the window valance, crib skirt, and some toss pillows and painted the color block wall. The rest of the room is the middle-tone blue. The furniture will,be moved in there once I finish drilling all the holes for the curtains and I can deep clean.

Neesey

34w tomorrow
I've been doing twice a week nst's and I had my insulin upped today by my mfm. I have an appointment with hopefully my new ob on the 20th. I can't wait to get away from this other practice! She tried to give me the tdap and an antibiotic that I'm allergic to. She has also been very judgemental and unhelpful with my GD. I'm done being bullied and can't wait to be out of there.
I'm feeling better and I'm still recovering from a cold. My energy levels are better so that helps a ton.
QOTW: DH just needs to put the closet doors back up after we had the closet organizers installed. I have a few items to put away on the daubed but overall I think we are ready to go. Our nursery theme is Starry Night.

Lady2010

Congratulations to all the recent grads!

Love all the nursery photos!

How far along are you? 37+5!!!

Upcoming appointments? Next appt is Monday - 38 week appt - they will start cervical checks

Any updates to share? Hmm - nothing too significant.

How are you feeling? Large, uncomfortable, pelvic pain worsening, exhaustion - basically all the things you would expect at the end.  Getting anxious when I realize it could happen pretty much anytime now!

QOTW: Is baby's nursery ready? Did you do a theme/color? Extra points for pictures

Nursery  is mostly ready - not like baby will be in there for a while - initially in bassinet in our room.  I need to wash sheets / towels / clothes - which I will do this weekend.  And put up appliques on wall by crib (ABCs).  Once baby arrives and we know boy/girl and name we will prob do his/her name over the dresser.  Wall colors are mint green with creamy beige accent wall. Crib is white, dresser is light grey (didn't like matching dresser and whites are too hard to match), toy storage cabinet is wood with orange doors, glider is orange, and rug is sky (blue), clouds and colorful hot air balloons.  Sounds kind of funny all written out but it works  Now all we need is a little person in there!

runawaylaurel

How far along are you? 33+4

Upcoming appointments? Next appt is Tuesday but I have my "birthday planning" meeting tonight where we meet all the midwives and talk about when to call and all that good stuff. Exciting!

Any updates to share? Nope!

How are you feeling? heartburn and restless legs, but mostly feeling great!

QOTW: Is baby's nursery ready? Did you do a theme/color? Extra points for pictures

My nursery is SO not ready, but we did get our rocker yesterday. I splurged and went with the pretty Pottery Barn one. I love it! The walls are grey and we unfortunately have a ridiculous bright blue carpet in the whole house so... that is what it is. 

WA1215

I'm 36w this week! I'm being induced on January 25th, getting nervous!!! Had an OB appointment today, and a growth ultrasound, she's looking good. The tech said she is a little over 7 pounds now, and she has a little hair. I'm feeling great, GERD is the only thing bothering me! I absolutely love being pregnant, I'm sad it's coming to an end...it's gone by so fast, I've completely enjoyed it. Uhhh, Its almost ready...it needs to be cleaned and organized. At least all the furniture is in there lol!!!

mdiblasi10

Big congratulations again to all the grads!!

How far along are you? 36w6d

Upcoming appointments? Next appointment is Jan 16th and my last one before my RCS on the 23rd. Only one appointment left, so crazy!!!

Any updates to share? Nothing new, just crazy excited to meet her.

How are you feeling? Really, really big! DH looked at me last night and was like "wow, your belly!" It's pretty huge so I can't blame him. I bake big babies (DS was 8lbs 11oz) My ankles and feet are swelling so I am wearing my compression socks at work. Besides that, I am feeling good for this far along. I even slept until 6am last night without waking to pee!

QOTW: Her room is an arrow/aztec/horse theme, with peach, gold, coral and mint colors. I don't have pictures of the room as we just moved G to his new room a few days ago, but it is almost ready. I just need to fill in the frames we hung last night. Her clothes are washed and put away and we set up the bassinet in our room where she will sleep for the first few months. I attached a few inspiration photos. I am going to make the feather mobile, the fabrics are for her bedding and the horse print is going in one of the frames on the wall.

KT416

Hi Ladies! I'll be 30 weeks on Saturday and I have an appointment next week. Everything is going well. I have weird pains under my boobs, but I'm getting used to them now. I leaked milk yesterday for the first time so that was interesting!

QOTD: The nursery is coming together. We are doing grey and yellow with some animals/elephants/giraffes here and there. The crib (need mattress though), dresser, rug, curtains, are all ready. The glider came off my registry so I'll hopefully get that at the end of the month along with some other touches. But it's in good shape! I may switch out the curtains though because I'm super picky.

weansworld09

Hi ladies!! It's been an exciting couple of weeks with all of the new grads

I'm 34w2d today and feeling decent. I have today off, and I'm living it up. I woke up with DH at 5:30am, had some breakfast and then snoozed on the couch with my dogs until 10am. Much needed after work and our busy weekend. We spent all day Sunday making freezer meals. I have to motivate myself to finish up a few more things today.

My OB appt was cancelled last Monday bc a delivery ran late, rescheduled for Friday and got a phone call walking into my appt that it was being cancelled too bc she had to run to a delivery. I didn't care, but thought it was kind of funny it happened twice in one week!

I ended up having an appt this past Tuesday, now I will go weekly! Crazy! Tomorrow is the fetal Echo and I'm just thankful my DH will be able to come with me. My OB said she is not worried, but I know I will be anxious going into the appt.

QOTW: the nursery is pretty much all set! We have grey walls and white furniture. We went with the pottery barn elephants theme and we received a lot of adorable elephant items at our showers. We have a nice grand swivel glider from PBKs with a white side table and lamp for nursing and reading to him/her. I just need to get some frames for the elephant pictures I ordered off of Etsy.

Milagros315

Hi everyone!

I'm 38w4d today. Only 10 days until my EDD!!

My next appointment is on Monday - just my regular 39w checkup.

Our final growth scan was this morning. Baby boy looks great! He's still head down, which I'm obviously happy about. His weight was estimated as 7 lbs 3 oz. I was surprised because he feels giant! Of course it could be off. I guess we'll find out soon

I'm still feeling pretty good, which I'm very grateful for. I have to pee often, but I still manage to sleep okay. My doctor really wanted me to try EPO which is kind of irritating me a bit. I was already close to 90% effaced last week, so I might stop taking it.

QOTW: Yep, we're all finished! I just have one more load of laundry to put away and I want to find some night lights with on/off switches to keep near the changing table and my glider.

Saintelizabeth

I finally have a second to get on the bump! We are team green turned team pink!!!! 

My water began leaking one day before my scheduled induction date. Adeline Marguerite was born at 41 weeks on January 6th at 5:39am. She was 8lbs 4 oz and 21 inches long. I still can't believe after everything DH and I have been through with IF that she is here. We are so in love!

Ecarabeo217

@Saintelizabeth‌ congrats! She's beautiful!

Lady2010

@Saintelizabeth‌ - what a cutie!!! Congratulations!!!

weansworld09

Congratulations @Saintelizabeth‌ she's beautiful!!

dp21

Woot woot congrats @saintelizabeth

dp21

Hi ladies,

Thanks for the congrats!!!   We are soo in love!  After being home one night, we got readmitted to the hospital for jaundice.  Baby ended up on unit where I work (after I called the bed manager and demanded it lol).  We were well taken care of and got no rest because all the nurses wanted to come and meet her.  Luckily, we were in for only one night. 

Going on night 3 at home, I'm actually hooked up to the breastpump right now (buy a hands free pumping bra towards the end if you can!  It was tough for me to get out of the house to buy this thing, but so worth it!).  Breastfeeding is hard, baby doesn't have an efficient suck, so we are supplementing with pumped breastmilk.  So feeding time takes us an hour between offering breast followed by pumped milk in bottle. 

Recovery is a little rough post baby, guess no one ever talks about that part, learning a lot lol, but so worth it in the end!  A little messed up down there post >9 pound baby!  And leg swelling, holy cow!  Take home as many mesh panties as possible! 

Anyways, good luck on the rest of your journeys.  PM me if you guys have any questions   Only a week in post baby but surviving :P  We are doing newborn photos in the morning! 

jaytee16

Congrats @Saintelizabeth‌ and all the recent grads!!

You can add me to the list too! After being admitted and staying in hospital for preeclampsia the babies were delivered via c section on Tues Jan 5, at 33+5. Liam Francis was born at 8:47pm weighing 3lbs,14oz followed closely by his sister, Emily Elizabeth at 8:48, weighing 3lbs7oz. Both babies are in NICU but doing very well. Their breathing has been good since birth. They're doing phototherapy right now for a little jaundice but overall they're such little fighters, they're amazing!

My pree actually got worse after delivery and I was a mess for a few days. Blood work and BP were all over the place, issues with potassium and my kidneys. But alas, I'm finally on the mend. I was discharged yesterday which was bittersweet. Glad to be out if hospital but so very hard to leave my little ones there. I am balancing recovery with wanting to be there all the time! I have never been so in love - with them and with my husband who has been beyond incredible through all of this

weansworld09

Congrats @jaytee16‌ they both look adorable and healthy

I'm glad you are back home @dp21 have fun at your newborn photo session!

dp21

Newborn sneak peak is up, check it out on fb under Jennifer Hosking photography.  Gabby is my baby  

Ecarabeo217

Congrats @jaytee16‌!

hopeby2015

Congrats @Saintelizabeth‌ & @jaytee16! They all look so adorable!

hopeby2015

Sorry for the late post .. been a busy busy week!

How far along are you? 38w5d

Upcoming appointments? Thursday

Any updates to share? Well I was sent to l&d on Wednesday evening when we thought I was leaking AF - turned out everything was fine but the MW there was concerned about how bad my feet were swelling and my BP was borderline high. So they took some bloods, which came back fine and BP went down so I was discharged but told to go to my doc's office the next day to do a BP check and to do a 24-hr urine test - fun, not! But I went the next day and BP was a bit high .. so again, we went to l&d. Thankfully, it was a short stay, as my BP went down again. So now I wait have an appt on Thursday .. hopefully by then I'll be dilated or effaced or something! Because during all these visits, they would check but my cervix would still be closed. When they hooked me up to the monitors, they did say I was having contractions so that's good, I guess!

How are you feeling? Good - couldn't sleep last night but otherwise, ok.

QOTW: almost done! Just have to hang curtains and finish up that last drawer for the dresser - just waiting on replacement pieces since we saw them broken in the box! Since, we will be using the pack n play in the beginning, we were really glad to finish that up! Took about 3 hours to do - Very annoying! We have a butterfly type theme for the nursery .. mostly I just liked the colors pruple/lavender and blue/teal. Very pretty! I'll try to remember to take a pic and post later.