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: Are you planning to continue using "The Bump" after you give birth to keep in contact?
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:
                 
                
Re: 3rd Trimester Check-In Week Of 11/28
QotW: I definitely want to keep in touch on TB! You ladies have been amazingly supportive and we are such a community. In fact, if anyone wants to be FB friends, send me a PM.
Today we have our hospital tour and birth plan meeting. I can't wait! I'm just getting so excited and feeling so good about L&D. Thursday I have a standard checkup (no u/s) which will be the first appointment DH is not coming with me. Now that our appointments are more frequent, I don't want him to keep redoing his work schedule to get off early if there isn't a u/s. No sense in him going to work an hour early for a 20 minute how's it going/belly measurement appointment.
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TTC since April 2013
Two cancelled IUIs in Aug and Sept '15 due to low motility/count
IVF round 1: January 2016
ER: February 17, 2016; 9 retrieved, 7 mature, 7 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 5 BB, 1 AB, all normal from PGS
FET date: May 11, '16; transferred 1 AB embryo
First beta: May 23, '16: 998!! Second: May 25, '16: 1648
EDD: January 27, 2017
@dragonfaerie good call on the early Christmas shopping !! I plan on doing all of my shopping online (mostly Amazon ) since I know I won't be up for leaving the house . I guess today is a good day for that !!
@ultratomato yay for your last week of work !! That's exciting !!!
Currently 41 weeks , 2 days (who is counting .. Lol ) and the hospital just called to schedule my admission for induction on Thursday . It made me want to cry . I really hope I can get this lil guy to come on his own but I'm also trying to make peace with the induction plan . I've tried all the tricks but I am gonna try to be more active today . I'm gonna watch tv while i go up and down the stairs at home . Maybe that'll get him moving lol . Have an NST /sonogram scheduled tomorrow so hopefully that goes well .
And I would love to keep in touch with you all ! On here and or on Facebook . feel free to message me so we can exchange real names , haha
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mskeenan - you are so close. Hopefully stairs do the trick! So excited for you to meeting your little guy!
QOTW: I'd love to stay in contact for sure! message me for my info. I can't wait to keep up with all of our new little miracles after they arrive!
TTC since Oct 2013
IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI)
ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal
FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016
IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
**BFP and loss warning**
@mskeenan My fingers are crossed that he comes on his own! Keep hanging in there, mama! Worst case senario, our babies could have the same birthday lol
@ultratomato so close to ML! You got this!
@Griffin5413 your moving situation stresses ME out lol. Everything will work out in the end.
@dragonfaerie looking forward to seeing your pictures!
QOTW: I have a feeling once the baby arrives I will eventually fizzle out of TB, but I'd love to stay in contact with you all & watch your babies grow! I'll send a message.
One last thing to add to this long post.., anyone want to take over next week?
natural pregnancy: 2008
Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35
Together since: 2010
Married: 2013
TTC: 2013
Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5)
Met RE: January 2016
ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized)
fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted)
EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
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natural pregnancy: 2008
Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35
Together since: 2010
Married: 2013
TTC: 2013
Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5)
Met RE: January 2016
ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized)
fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted)
EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
TTC since Oct 2013
IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI)
ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal
FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016
IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
**BFP and loss warning**
natural pregnancy: 2008
Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35
Together since: 2010
Married: 2013
TTC: 2013
Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5)
Met RE: January 2016
ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized)
fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted)
EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
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Love the QOTW. As you guys have seen I still stalk a lot
Add me on FB if you want: Tanja van Hedel (there might be Dutch and Norwegian posts, but definitely lots of babyspam!)
I had my cervix checked three times @mskeenan, and they said it would be uncomfortable, but it wasn't.
I find going to the gynaecologist for a pap smear worse.
Now stop being on here, and get that wee boy out of you!
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QOTW: I would love to keep in contact after giving birth. I don't have facebook so I would keep in contact through TB.
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TTC since April 2013
Two cancelled IUIs in Aug and Sept '15 due to low motility/count
IVF round 1: January 2016
ER: February 17, 2016; 9 retrieved, 7 mature, 7 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 5 BB, 1 AB, all normal from PGS
FET date: May 11, '16; transferred 1 AB embryo
First beta: May 23, '16: 998!! Second: May 25, '16: 1648
EDD: January 27, 2017
natural pregnancy: 2008
Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35
Together since: 2010
Married: 2013
TTC: 2013
Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5)
Met RE: January 2016
ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized)
fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted)
EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
32 weeks here and had my monthly u/s today. Everything is looking good, he's right on track with his growth and all, so I'm happy. I am bummed that no one is still offering me a 3D u/s and I totally forgot to ask the tech today if she can just switch it on. Even the pics I got were super blurry and he looks like one big blurry blob lol. Wednesday I go to see my OB so I'll ask about these stress tests because he hasn't mentioned them to me either. But we did schedule a c-section date of Jan 5th so I've got a little over a month to go, eek! I have 3 more days of commuting left and then I'll be working from home until my delivery. This weekend we took advantage of the 20% sale and got a stroller and a car seat
QOTW - I'd like to stay in touch after this as well. I do plan on checking in here from time to time, but I'm sure I'll eventually phase off. I'm not big on many personal FB posts, especially of the baby, but I'd love to stay connected. I can share pictures privately
@ZoeFer I completely missed your birth announcement! Congratulations on your little girl! I hope you're both doing well.
@dragonfaerie I hope your hospital tour goes well. That's when things felt super real for me, especially seeing the delivery rooms, etc. But it's exciting!
@mskeenan your little guy is getting too comfy in there lol. I say walk those stairs and have something spicy for dinner to get him out!
@Griffin5413 your situation reminds me of my friends who were closing on their house the same week as she was due with baby #2. Luckily she went into labor the day after they closed and they somehow moved not long after that without doing any renovations. I'm hoping your little guy stays in until you're all settled in though!
@capps42613 the bug doesn't sound like fun. I'm glad you're feeling better though!
@Drove2u I'm with you on the commuting part. I'm excited to have 3 more days of city commuting left too. Not being on a bus for over an hour sounds exciting right now!
TTC - since 2014
7 rounds of Clomid - BFN
IUI #1 - October 2015 - BFN
IUI #2 - November 2015 - BFN
IUI #3 - December 2015 - BFN
IVF #1 - March 2016
Retrieval #1 - April 2016
FET #1 - May 2016 - BFP!!! DS - Born January 2017
Trying for baby #2...
FET #2 - January 2018 - BFN
No more embryos left; switched to a new RE
IVF/Retrieval #2 - January 2019
IVF/Retrieval #3 - March 2019
FET #3 - April 2019 - BFP!!! - DD: Born December 2019
Trying for baby #3...
FET #4 - October 2021 - BFP!!! - Due June 2022
My shower was on the 20th, and everything went well!
My c-section date will be sometime between Jan 13th and 17th. I guess I'll find out next week. I took a baby care 101 class and CPR at Babies R US a couple weeks ago. My dh and my dad took the cpr class as well.
Qotw: I hope to be able to check in here as well. I am open to keeping in touch on FB as well. Send me a private message and I can send you my name. I am pretty private about stuff on FB in terms of posting personal stuff in my status, but dh and I post lots of photos.
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Beta 5/9/2016 BFP!!
Embryo transfer scheduled for April 28, 2016 and beta test May 9, 2016 (day after Mother's Day!)
Transfer Meds include: Lupron Depot (4/1), Minivelle Patch (every 3rd day), Estradiol (3x daily), Amoxicillin, Progesterone in Oil, Methylprednisonlone. Lovenox and baby asprin added after transfer.
3/22/16 - Sono Saline ultrasound cyst to be aspirated on 4/1/16 if not cleared up by 3/29 US - It cleared on its own
Retrieval 3/4/16 - 26 eggs retrieved, 23 mature, 20 fertilized, 14 embryos currently frozen
Starting IVF Stims on +/- Feb 22, 2016
HSG scheduled for 1-26-16 - All clear "beautiful uterus" (though inverted)
Switched clinics and now prepping for IVF in February / March
Trying to conceive since November 2012
natural pregnancy: 2008
Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35
Together since: 2010
Married: 2013
TTC: 2013
Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5)
Met RE: January 2016
ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized)
fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted)
EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
TTC - since 2014
7 rounds of Clomid - BFN
IUI #1 - October 2015 - BFN
IUI #2 - November 2015 - BFN
IUI #3 - December 2015 - BFN
IVF #1 - March 2016
Retrieval #1 - April 2016
FET #1 - May 2016 - BFP!!! DS - Born January 2017
Trying for baby #2...
FET #2 - January 2018 - BFN
No more embryos left; switched to a new RE
IVF/Retrieval #2 - January 2019
IVF/Retrieval #3 - March 2019
FET #3 - April 2019 - BFP!!! - DD: Born December 2019
Trying for baby #3...
FET #4 - October 2021 - BFP!!! - Due June 2022
I know I've been a bit quiet on here recently, I just can't believe that I will have a baby next week at the latest!! Time has really been creeping up on me, I have a scheduled C section on 12/8. I've been overall feeling pretty good, just recently having a lot of pressure on my pelvis. My internal exam a few weeks ago really didn't show much progress down there so I don't think I will have an early arrival. So excited that this is my last week of work
QOTW: I would love to still keep in touch after baby. I will probably just be stalking the bump after baby, but please feel free to PM me to keep in touch on Facebook!
TTC #2 starting 9/2019
BFP 7/13/2020!
Due 3/18/2021
TTC #1 since 2/2015
Diagnosis: Unexplained Infertility 9/2015
Moving to IVF with ICSI and PGS 5/2016-6/2016 Just kidding, BFP 4/4/2016!
Spencer Elliott born 12/7/2016
TTC since Oct 2013
IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI)
ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal
FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016
IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
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TTC since April 2013
Two cancelled IUIs in Aug and Sept '15 due to low motility/count
IVF round 1: January 2016
ER: February 17, 2016; 9 retrieved, 7 mature, 7 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 5 BB, 1 AB, all normal from PGS
FET date: May 11, '16; transferred 1 AB embryo
First beta: May 23, '16: 998!! Second: May 25, '16: 1648
EDD: January 27, 2017
And do mention to people when you tell the news that they need to keep it to themselves!
My news got shared on FB and Instagram by my stephmum before I came back from surgery.
Which wasn't the worse as she has only one uncle (and he knew as I had to cancel my lunch date with my aunt) and one cousin (who I thought had common sense)...
Yet she decided to 'ask' in the family watsapp if it was true that my little girl Pia was born, with details that everyone knew that indeed a little girl named Pia was born.
Its heartbreaking when that news get shared by others.
As to still be able to tell some my happy news I posted it way sooner on FB as I wanted and didn't get the chance to tell those one by one or in person as I had hoped for.
Social media does suck as it apperantly doesnt have etiquettes
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I stayed calm until I made it to the OR and shakes started to set it . Luckily I had a wonderful team of nurses and my husband to keep me calm . The c section went well and my boy is beautiful . I couldn't hold him for awhile since he had to be rushed away as he was running a fever . Finally I got to hold him while I was in recovery and he latched on to breast feed almost immediately . It made me want to cry it was so cool .
I'm now in the hospital for the next 3-4 nights to recover . I'm in some pain but I'm on some meds to help with that . While my birth didn't go at all like how I had envisioned I wouldn't have it any other way because now my boy is healthy and with me . What a huge blessing . Makes all the struggle worth it .
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---Trigger warning---
TTC since April 2013
Two cancelled IUIs in Aug and Sept '15 due to low motility/count
IVF round 1: January 2016
ER: February 17, 2016; 9 retrieved, 7 mature, 7 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 5 BB, 1 AB, all normal from PGS
FET date: May 11, '16; transferred 1 AB embryo
First beta: May 23, '16: 998!! Second: May 25, '16: 1648
EDD: January 27, 2017
natural pregnancy: 2008
Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35
Together since: 2010
Married: 2013
TTC: 2013
Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5)
Met RE: January 2016
ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized)
fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted)
EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20