Before...After

 

Baby girl is growing

I have to get Picasa back on my computer so that I can put the pictures side by side. I want to compare the pregnancies. Maybe I'll work on that and do it before the baby is born. ha

This girl is growing and making me huge. Here are pictures every 4 weeks (missing a few). I started this pregnancy really good. By 17 weeks, I had only gained a few pounds. Now, at 28 weeks, I have gained 34 pounds. UGH That is about how much I gained the total pregnancy with Evan. On a more positive note, the baby and I are both very healthy. She is growing normally. I have had no complications. I hope this keeps up....minus the weight gain.

12 weeks

16 weeks 

20 weeks

28 weeks

Baby#3 update

So far everything has been pretty smooth with this pregnancy. I have been sick off and on but not nearly as sick as I was with either of the boys. We've had no major complications. I have had a Venus lake on the placenta from early on. It was still there at our 20 week ultrasound visit. The doctors aren't concerned about it though. They say it is fairly common. 

The baby is doing great. I had been concerned because I've had some problems with my thyroid levels which can be very dangerous for a baby. The baby looked great at the ultrasound though. She has a strong heart, all organs look good, and she is growing perfectly. (She seems so funny to say).

This is how we told Luc and Evan if they were having a baby brother or sister...

What a cute little foot!

 "Hey"

 There's the price shot (the picture is upside down)

She grew a lot in 4 weeks. The picture on the left is at 16 weeks. The other picture is at 20 weeks. I gained a whopping 9 pounds in just 3 weeks too. So I think have gained a total of 19 pounds. I hate side shot photos. I look so goofy. Here they are though...

Baby update - 16/17 weeks

So here I am last week at 16 weeks.  

At my check up today, the baby's heartrate was in the 150s. I am measuring normal for 17 weeks. I've gained 12 lbs so far. I'm hoping I don't hit the 50 lb mark like I did with Luc. The nausea is gone for the most part. I still feel sick if I get hungry or if I am super tired. I haven't been able to eat chocolate or drink coffee, tea, or anything with caffeine really. I had the coffee and tea problem with Evan too but the chocolate is a new one. I thought I was over that so I started to drink some coffee the other morning. After 3 sips, I was too sick to even smell the rest. I regretted those 3 sips for the rest of the day. I haven't had any complications since that first subchorionic hemmorage at the beginning of the pregnancy. I thank God every day for a normal pregnancy this time. 

Surprise!

I wanted so badly to have this really creative, cute blog post about Luc and Evan becoming big brothers but I'm just too tired. So here is Luc, with his best surprise face. Baby #3 will be arriving mid-Sept. We are all very excited. Luc is so sure...will not even consider anything but...it being a girl...and that her name may be Samuel. We have told him over and over that it can very likely be a baby brother.

After I took one of Luc, he wanted to take one of me holding the picture. I needed to be holding it a tiny bit higher but I think he did a great job. The camera is about as big as him. I may have a future photographer here. So here I am at 12 weeks pregnant. I've been nauseous again but not as bad as the other times. I've been really tired. I find that I am quiet winded by the time I get to the top of all of our stairs at our apartment. I've also noticed that I am growing at a much faster rate than before.

For those of you concerned... I have had a couple of ultrasounds. They considered me high risk at first because of all the drama with pregnancy with Evan. At 9 weeks, I had a subchorionic hemorrhage, which I also had with Evan. I had no symptoms from it though. The only way we knew was because of the early ultrasound. At 11 weeks, the subchorionic hemorrhage was less than half the size it had been two weeks before. I do have a venus lake on the placenta however they are not concerned unless I start bleeding. They are now treating me as a normal pregnancy. I only have to see the doctor every 4 weeks like normal. Wahoo!