Holy Third Trimester Batman!!!

[Teenytoona]

WOW!! Am I there already?? I know there are a few mommas before me and my due date buddies! I cannot believe we are there, what a fast pregnancy it's been!

How are you all feeling? Still a-kickin' and a-grinnin'?

[nolonger]

The third trimester seems to have hit Bean and I all of a sudden! We're hanging in there and getting along fine with each other, it's the rest of the world that needs to watch out.

28 weeks today; I can't believe it! This was my cutoff point for accepting medical intervention in case of a premie, so I think I can pretty safely say that this is a sticky baby and I am NOT going to miscarry.

Where did all the time go? How can I make the most of what little is left to let this new person know just how much s/he is loved and wanted and what a miracle s/he will always be to us?

[the elyse]

i'm still tightly clinging to the second trimester...i think i might have a panic attack when i hit 28 weeks...

[Dea]

I have another week left of the 2nd tri.:

[ksera05]

1 1/2 more weeks here. I cannot wait for 28 weeks!!

[eilonwy]

28 weeks yesterday... Freaky. I guess I'm just too spaced out to be really futzed about anything at this point. I'm tired of being pregnant, but I'm more tired of being depressed and fat and having a toothache... :

I want to be happier with each passing week, knowing that at this point I could have the baby and have work ahead but still possibly bring him home eventually, but my NICU babies were born at 36 and 37 weeks, so I'll probably be tense until then. The 39 week baby was great, though... easiest nursling ever. And hey, I've had two that were work, so this one should be easy again... right?

[gingerbane]

I'm 28 weeks today too! I cannot wait to have this baby. Being pregnant is alright but it's like when you're five and you're waiting for Christmas. I just want it to be here so I can move on with that new and exciting part of my life. BUT...I just know I am not going to have this baby early b/c all the women in my family run 2-3 weeks late....arrrggghgh

[Mama2-4]

I hit 29 weeks yesterday and can not believe it. I know the next 6 weeks will fly with the holidays, and then I am sure January will drag! My kids have all been about 7-12 days late so I am also thinking instead of a Ground Hog Day baby this may be a Valentine Baby!

[nolonger]

I actually wouldn't mind going late at all because...well...I've NEVER gone late before (unless it was only a day or two with dd, because I don't remember her EDD at all) and I'll try anything once.



On the other hand, I've been VERY superstitious because this is the exact same due date only 20 years later that I had with my 38 weeker, who was fine and obviously ready to be born.

I'm really, really glad that Sydney and the other micropremies who got less than 28 weeks of gestation survived, it was just a personal decision for me based on a number of factors to breathe a sigh of relief at 28 weeks rather than 22, 24, or some other arbitrary cutoff point.

KSera05, if I ever wind up feeling sorry for myself about the "beached whale" syndrome and all the little aches and pains that are starting all at once, I'm going to unashamedly stalk you and get a peek at the third trimester through your eyes and that should straighten me right out; I've banned myself from the premie/NICU forum for the duration of the pregnancy for the same reason that others have banned themselves from the Pregnancy Loss boards, but I might unban myself towards the end if I start wishing the pregnancy away.

I hope that the next three months and your full-term, healthy baby will be a healing experience for you and that the experience will simultaneously bring you closer to Sydney as you come to an even deeper understanding of what a miracle she is and how totally worth it that nightmare was now that it is over.

[eilonwy]

Originally Posted by noordinaryspider

KSera05, if I ever wind up feeling sorry for myself about the "beached whale" syndrome and all the little aches and pains that are starting all at once, I'm going to unashamedly stalk you and get a peek at the third trimester through your eyes and that should straighten me right out; I've banned myself from the premie/NICU forum for the duration of the pregnancy for the same reason that others have banned themselves from the Pregnancy Loss boards, but I might unban myself towards the end if I start wishing the pregnancy away.

I always feel guilty for any miseries I have in the third trimester... but I also feel horribly jealous of people who just get to enjoy it, because of course I can't. I'll be paranoid right up until the end. Honestly I was just astonished when Bean didn't come home with me. It absolutely floored me that I could get beyond 37 weeks with a baby who had no *major* medical issues and STILL end up with him going to NICU.

That said, I too have banned myself from the NICU forum, because apparently the "support" aspect only applies if your baby was born before 34 weeks. :

[BinahYeteirah]

bs"d

I was 29 weeks last week.

Now I'm looking toward the big 3-0 in four days. Wow, that got me; it'll be 3/4 of the pregnancy already over.

[mama..me??]

i am 27 weeks today - just a week to go till i hit the third trimester and i hope it goes as fast as the second one and not as painfully slow as the first!