3rd Trimester Check-in | week of August 20th

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<div><p>Our thoughts are with @2MomsHoping and @hottietoddy ...  Can hardly wait to hear your updates, ladies!!! ❤❤❤❤❤</p><p>As well as @laurad75 and @sarcasticowl due this week!  So excited for all these tiny IF victories on the way!!!  :D </p><p>~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p>This is a weekly check in for the mamas 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. </p><ul><li>How far along? EDD?</li><li>How is everyone feeling this week? </li><li>Any upcoming appointments? </li><li>GTKY:  How are you and SO making the most of your time as a couple before baby arrives?</li><li>As always feel free to share pictures of your bump, nurseries, baby gear, and of course those babies when they arrive!</li></ul>If you're just joining us please post a: 
<ul><li>Mini synopsis in your first post with your EDD</li><li>How many babies you are pregnant with</li><li>If you know the gender(s)</li><li>How you have been feeling in your 3rd tri</li><li>Any upcoming or recent appointments you may have</li></ul>Please let us know if you need to be added to the list below:
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/2MomsHoping">@2MomsHoping</a> EDD 8/12 team green
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/laurad75">@laurad75</a> EDD 8/20 with a little boy
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/hottietoddie">@hottietoddie</a> EDD 8/20 with a little boy
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/sarcasticowl">@sarcasticowl</a> EDD 8/23 with a little girl
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/lablover78">@lablover78</a> EDD 9/1 with a little boy
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/gfgrump">@gfgrump</a> EDD 9/6 with a little boy
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/sarzee2">@sarzee2</a> EDD 9/10 (inducing early 9/4 or 9/5) team green 
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/BusinessWife">@BusinessWife</a> EDD 9/9 team green
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/adirat">@adirat</a> EDD 9/15 with a little boy
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/chicandbubbly">@chicandbubbly</a> EDD 10/1 with a little girl
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/halfanewt">@halfanewt</a> EDD 10/3 team green
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/klyn7">@klyn7</a> EDD 10/6/18 team green
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/Dragonfly6191">@Dragonfly6191</a> EDD 10/12 b/g twins!
@wildrainbow EDD 11/11 Eviction Date 10/22 for this little boy!</div>

laurad75

Thanks for getting us started @BusinessWife!  Today is my due date and baby seems to be getting the message.  

• How far along? EDD? 40 weeks today; 8/20 EDD
• How is everyone feeling this week?  I'm feeling ready to not be pregnant anymore.  I had the rookie mom false alarm this weekend when I was certain my water broke.  I was standing in the bathroom with liquid dripping from me so I was certain it was go time.  We went to the hospital and the mid-wife who examined me saw the pool of liquid but after testing they realized it was not my water breaking but instead a very liquidy mucus plug.  I was so disappointed.  This morning I am feeling some severe cramping that I am hoping is early labor.  FX. 
• Any upcoming appointments? I have my weekly appt tomorrow morning if we make it that far and then I'll be induced on Thursday if we don't go on our own before then.  
• GTKY:  How are you and SO making the most of your time as a couple before baby arrives?  After Saturday's false alarm we tried to enjoy the weekend as our last before baby.  We went out to lunch on Saturday and took some walks when it was really nice out yesterday.  We also assembled a bunch of the gear including the rock n play and pack n play.  We. Are. Ready!

We stopped to chat with a friend of ours on our walk yesterday and she insisted on snapping the photo of our last leisurely Sunday walk before baby.  I look enormous.   

wildrainbow

I can't believe I'm here! Can someone add me? 
28+1 with a baby boy. EDD is Nov. 11, but I will not go past 37 weeks, which Oct 22nd.

** TW** This is my second pregnancy that will prayerfully result in a take home baby. I've had 5 losses over my TTC journey and several rounds of treatments and surgeries. Surprisingly, my son was conceived on a treatment break and so was this babe. This is our second rainbow baby and probably our last. ** END TW**

3rd tri has been trying so far. I found out last week that I officially have Cholestatsis of Pregnancy (ICP) again. It's really stupid early for this dx and now we will play the game of how sick can I get before my dr takes the baby. My son was born at 35 weeks and I'm hoping I can at least hold out until then. For now, I will have all the monitoring appointments to keep an eye on me and babe and at least monthly lab draws to monitor my liver enzymes. 

I have my 1 hour GTT tomorrow and then an OB appointment where we will go over all the monitoring and have a possible NST and BPP. 

GTKY: I'm in get everything ready mode before 31 weeks if I can. Luckily, I saved all of d's clothes so I am going through everything and washing and seeing what needs to be replaced. H and I have done this song and dance before, once ICP hits, my body goes downhill fast, so it's crunch time. Ds is very excited and even tho I don't think his 2 yo brain doesn't quite grasp that everything is about to change, he kisses my belly everyday and talks to his baby brother. 

@laurad75 First of all, you look amazing and I would never know you were 40 weeks just looking at you. Also, I hope the cramping means things are ramping and you get your squish sooner than later. 

wabash15

Lurking***
@laurad75 you look amazing! Fx your sweet boy comes soon. andplusalso don't feel bad about not being sure if it was time... with ruth my amniotic fluid was leaking but I thought I was peeing... so sometimes its just hard to know if something is really happening!

sarzee2

Good luck @2MomsHoping and @hottietoddy !

37 weeks today, and got my induction appointment...9/4 at 9 AM ! 

I saw my OB today and I got her to agree I only need to go in for one more scan and NST at 38 weeks! After the cluster-eff that was last Wednesday where I felt like the nurse was body shaming me, I had another horrible appointment on Friday. I was scheduled for 1 PM and didn't get called back until 2 PM. The ultrasound tech made a comment that my belly is really big, and that just set me off. I was fighting back tears the whole time she was doing the scan, and then when she hooked me up to the NST I just couldn't keep it together and I was crying the entire time. On top of that, I had an appointment scheduled with my OB at 2:30 PM, but because the MFM department saw me an hour late, I missed that appointment and she couldn't see me any later. I was freaking out because I really just wanted reassurance that I wasn't dilating at all, since DH was away for a bachelor party this weekend. Luckily I didn't go into labor obviously, I only have to go back to MFM one more time and I'm seeing my therapist today so I can vent about all of my body shame and anxiety. I feel like I've been doing a really good job this entire pregnancy and it makes me sad that I'm having this reaction so late in the game.

I woke up feeling a bit better on Saturday so I was able to clean the whole house, wash all the baby stuff, did some baking, went to the movies...I felt really productive. The next 2 weeks will just be getting the baby's room in tip top shape and spending lots of time with DH going out to dinner, hanging out at the coffee shop with a book and hopefully seeing friends!

persnickity

You look gorgeous @laurad75!!

lablover78

Hi ladies! I’m 38+2 today. Welcome to the 3rd tri Wild Rainbow- sorry to hear all you are dealing with but sounds like you have a plan. Just realized I don’t think we heard from @sarcasticowl last week?? But maybe I’m just not remembering...hope everything is ok.

OB in the morning and I am hoping I am dialating but I have zero labor symptoms so you know....prob not. 

@laurad75 you look gorgeous and I would have no idea whether my water broke - I remember my friend thought she peed and was embarrassed to go to the H but when I I’m brought there they were like yes you are in labor so better safe than sorry.

nursery is ready to go!

gfgrump

Wow, baby boom coming our way. And then it's a bunch of us due or inducing the week of 9/4, so feeling like things are really real over here!
@laurad75 what a cute pic.  I totally get the thinking you are in labor. I went in week ago sunday at 4 am, so I'm right there with ya.  I think they probably get that a lot.

@sarzee2 sorry about all the bad appts and the body shaming. That is so annoying. Have they never seen a pregnant lady before?  I think some people just don't get how their words can be hurtful.  I haven't had as much of that, but today was the first day of school and I did have lots of kids putting their hands on my belly. I'm really not a touchy-feely type and really like personal space so I had to just kind of grin and bear it. 
And everyone feels the need to comment in general.
Although highlight of the day was the kid who told me I'm going to spit out the baby. If only it were that easy...

@wildrainbow welcome to the 3rd tri group.  Sorry about all that you've been through and sending you lots of good thoughts and creepy internet hugs.  

AFM
37weeks 4 days -9/6.
Feeling okay, although I spent a lot of today sorting books for teachers who didn't want to deal with their own crap and by the end I was exhausted. Just all the bending over, pushing around boxes of books, I was literally winded. But, since I'm only here two more weeks, it's kind of a good project for me to do.  I usually walk to and from school, but getting DH to pick me up bc I don't think I can make it.

Appts this week- NST wed, Chiro Thurs, acupuncture friday.

GTKY- I don't think we're doing anything that different from normal, but just trying to take walks and deal with all of the extra crap in our house.  Well, dealing with it would be an overstatement since it's very hard for DH to get rid of anything. Mostly we're trying to hide it under couches, the bed, behind things so at least we can't see it. I'm picking my battles at the moment.  It's really hard living in a small apartment with no storage.  Truly we need a storage space, but I'm concerned about paying for it when we're going down to reduced income and increased health care premium, etc.  

2MomsHoping

@hottietoddy hope you are doing great!  And @laurad75 sounds like it’s almost go time!

Hi everyone I will come back and post the birth story later but wanted to give a quick update. It’s a girl!  (I guess I have no business reading ultrasounds!). Lucille Rose made a dramatic enterance into the world this morning at 5:39am. Weighing in at a wopping 9lbs 5oz and 22 3/4 inches long. Everyone is doing great. I could just stare at her all day.  Photo in spoiler. 

wildrainbow

Congrats @2MomsHoping! She's beautiful! I love her name!

lablover78

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ congratulations!!! Love her name!! I can’t believe she was that big and still hiding out. Enjoy her xoxo

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Yay!!!  Congratulations, @2MomsHoping So glad you still got your surprise!!! :D

gfgrump

Wow @2MomsHoping that was fast!  Holy cow, that's a big baby.  She's beautiful, congrats.  Try to get some rest if you can.
Yea, so happy everything worked out so well for you guys.

laurad75

Congratulations @2MomsHoping! She’s beautiful. 

I have been having contractions on and off since Sunday night but they are too inconsistent and far apart to make a move. Tonight I am so uncomfortable, I’m  actually trying to sleep in the glider in the nursery bc I can’t lie down.  I can’t wait to see the dr in the morning bc I’m so confused about what I’m feeling and I need to know what’s going on. 

laurad75

Update: my water broke during my exam this morning.  Baby boy is coming!  

mag1cbeli3ver

lurking from 2nd tri

Congratulations @2MomsHoping on your beautiful baby girl! So happy for you and DW!

Good luck @laurad75! FX for a speedy and safe delivery!

Hope all is going well @hottietoddy!

lablover78

Yay @laurad75 can’t wait to see baby boy!!! 

JamieH2000

Lurking- Congrats @2momshoping!! So beautiful!!!

@laurad75- so excited for you and cant wait to hear!!

wildrainbow

@laurad75 Hoping for smooth and easy delivery!

Dragonfly6191

Congrats to @2MomsHoping and Best of luck to you @laurad75!!

• How far along? EDD? 32 weeks, 4 days. Just learned they will for sure deliver me week 36, if we make it that far, so looking at a delivery date sometime between 9/14-9/21 if all goes well!
• How is everyone feeling this week? Both of my babies are breech and have their heads stuck up into my ribs all on side. That's been pretty uncomfortable on it's own, but in the middle of the night I woke up with sharp, stabbing pain in my rib that was so horrible I couldn't move. I've been having to lean to the left all day to keep pressure off of it...I'm wondering if one of my ribs cracked? Just trying to manage the pain until my appt on Thursday.
• Any upcoming appointments? High Risk scan on Thursday and OB after. Next week I'll start going 2x per week due to Baby B's IUGR (she measured at 3rd percentile last week). Still hoping to make it to my 36 week "finish line" but we'll see!
• GTKY:  How are you and SO making the most of your time as a couple before baby arrives? Honestly we're just ready for them to be here. It's been just us for SO long now and we're ready for them! Trying to finish up all the tiny last minute details so that after this weekend we can just relax and wait....unless they come early

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@laurad75  Squeee!!! Its happening!  Thinking of you and holding you and your family in my heart... ❤❤❤  You got this!!!

Holls214

@2MomsHoping congrats! She is beautiful.  

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<ul><li>How far along? EDD? 37+2 / 9.9.18</li><li>How is everyone feeling this week? Okay mostly, but sore hips/pelvis making it hard to get around.  Definitely slowing down...</li><li>Any upcoming appointments?  Today's 37 week check up went well!  Pretty uneventful... saw the chiro today as well, and see her again Thursday, so hopefully that continues to help keep me mobile.</li><li>GTKY:  Well, I never answered last week's, but my mom is working on the opposite side of the country, so I guess she will fly out for a visit after baby gets here.  She's also talking about combining the trip with stopping home for her gastric surgery first, so I'm a little like WTF.  I don't think she's taking the surgery or the recovery seriously enough, and nevermind that her only daughter will be a matter of days or weeks PP, and she'll need US to help take care of <i>her</i>, instead of coming to help us with the baby at all.  Like, really?  DHs family is closer, but we plan to keep everyone at bay for at least the first hour, if not longer.  Hoping baby comes in the wee hours maybe, so that buys us a little more private bonding time. ;)</li><li>As for this week's GTKY, we had sort of a nice little drive and stopped for Mexican on the way home Sunday, even though it was sort of a work errand for him.  It was nice to take the drive together.  We have been eating out more often lately, and trying to savor the 1-on-1 time, for sure...  He is very sweet tho, and happy / anxious to meet and hold baby.  Just this evening he said he felt like someone was missing!  And it was getting to be about time I quit hogging the baby! Lol</li></ul>*typos / run-ons

hottietoddy

Congratulations @2moms hoping! She's so cute!
We did it


William Dale Daniel was born last night at 1:45am.  My ob was so funny kept saying what a good looking boy he is! Haha he is just amazing my husband adores him. We are entering the phase where feeding picks up- so far so good! Will leave hospital Friday morning. Labor story in spoiler!  

Had a C-section in the end, wasn't an emergency and was my decision and one I am very happy with. I gave it a go for 36 hours without change past 3.5 cm.  His heart rate started dropping slightly but I didn't want him to have any more stress.  I made it through very painful cerclage removal with morphine drip only, 2 excruciating cervical exams, the second of which he broke my water during with no epidural.  I labored 4 hours on pictocin with no epidural also.  And I had had it and physically couldn't do anymore.  By the end I was shaking so badly and so exhausted.   C-section was actually great experience and he was so happy and chill coming out, barely cried and just hung out looking for his first meal!  My husband was there with me playing relaxing meditation music and I slept through most of it.   I'm in strict orders to sleep, next breastfeed is at 2am. I only slept 1.5 hours today.  My colostrum is pretty good and William only has 2% weight loss.  Of course C-section pain is pretty tough but I'm up and walking and I feel 100% at peace with my decision. 

hottietoddy

Congratulations @2moms hoping! She's so cute!
We did it


William Dale Daniel was born last night at 1:45am.  My ob was so funny kept saying what a good looking boy he is! Haha he is just amazing my husband adores him. We are entering the phase where feeding picks up- so far so good! Will leave hospital Friday morning. Labor story in spoiler!  

Had a C-section in the end, wasn't an emergency and was my decision and one I am very happy with. I gave it a go for 36 hours without change past 3.5 cm.  His heart rate started dropping slightly but I didn't want him to have any more stress.  I made it through very painful cerclage removal with morphine drip only, 2 excruciating cervical exams, the second of which he broke my water during with no epidural.  I labored 4 hours on pictocin with no epidural also.  And I had had it and physically couldn't do anymore.  By the end I was shaking so badly and so exhausted.   C-section was actually great experience and he was so happy and chill coming out, barely cried and just hung out looking for his first meal!  My husband was there with me playing relaxing meditation music and I slept through most of it.   I'm in strict orders to sleep, next breastfeed is at 2am. I only slept 1.5 hours today.  My colostrum is pretty good and William only has 2% weight loss.  Of course C-section pain is pretty tough but I'm up and walking and I feel 100% at peace with my decision. 

hottietoddy

Spotty hospital wifi guys sorry for double post
Good luck @laurad75!!

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Yay!!! @hottietoddy. He's here!  And he's gorgeous!  You did it!!!  Enjoy those precious snuggles...

gfgrump

Yea!! Congrats @hottietoddy. So happy for you and glad everything ended  up working out well.  Sounds like it was a rough couple of days but now he's here and beautiful.  Try to rest up as much as possible!

wildrainbow

@hottietoddy Congrats, mama! He's beautiful! I love his name, but I'm biased as William is ds' name. Hope you have a quick recovery!

2MomsHoping

@hottietoddy congratulations!!!  Little William is just the sweetest little boy. So happy for you and hope your recovery goes well. ❤️❤️❤️

@laurad75 you got this!  Best wishes ❤️❤️❤️

wabash15

Lurking** 
@laurad75 I hope all is going well and can't wait for an update!

halfanewt

Congrats @2MomsHoping and @hottietoddy they are so adorable! 

@laurad75 hope it’s going well! 

chicandbubbly

Congrats on your beautiful babies @2momshoping and @hottietoddy!

• How far along? EDD? 34 weeks and a few days
  
• How is everyone feeling this week? Feeling pretty good, back pain is kind of starting and i've had some uncomfortable braxton hicks but doing ok! My belly is definitely getting heavy. I have been getting a lot of projects and organizing done which has been great!
  
• Any upcoming appointments? Nope
  
• GTKY:  How are you and SO making the most of your time as a couple before baby arrives? Date nights (when we have a babysitter ) and doing fun things as a family of three!
  
• As always feel free to share pictures of your bump, nurseries, baby gear, and of course those babies when they arrive!

wildrainbow

@chicandbubbly I love your shirt!!

laurad75

Hi gang. It’s been a very long couple of days and still no baby. It’s taking my body a very long time to dilate enough to push. if significant progress isn’t made in the next 90 minutes we will switch gears and do a c-section. I am ready to hold my son. I will update again sometime after he gets here. 

halfanewt

• How far along? EDD? 34 weeks, 10/3
• How is everyone feeling this week? Physically good, annoyed that my back to school meetings start tomorrow  
• Any upcoming appointments? Nope
• GTKY:  How are you and SO making the most of your time as a couple before baby arrives? Right now by apparently trying to get all of the house projects done that we’ve avoided for the last year. Oops. Hopefully date nights once September rolls around! 

safire3

Lurking - I love baby booms! Big congrats to @hottietoddy and @2MomsHoping. Enjoy snuggling those bundles of joy!

@laurad75 I know the feeling of being over it and just exhausted and ready to get that baby out. I hope everything goes quickly for you now and you will be holding you little boy in your arms soon. I will keep lurking to see your little man!

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@laurad75. Well it's been 2 hours since your post, I hope you are blissfully holding your baby right this very moment!  ❤❤❤❤❤

gfgrump

@laurad75 thinking of you. Hoping all is well and you have your baby on the outside soon. Hang in there

Hopeful_mom

Lurking - Boy it's one happening week over here!!! Big congrats to @hottietoddy and @2MomsHoping.  They are precious enjoy them!!!

@laurad75 sounds like ur going to have some take to tell, hope you're snuggling you bundle of joy right about now!!

wabash15

Lurking**
  @laurad75 I hope your snuggling that sweet baby boy. Thinking about you guys.