Pregnancy with Baby #3

 I haven't had the time to create individual posts about my pregnancy with baby #3 so I'll try to round everything up for you all right here!

8 weeks and growing

Another at 8 weeks!

10 Weeks

11 weeks

13 weeks and 6 days  

Throughout our pregnancy we were constantly amazed at how much medical advances were made and how much the technology improved since having Katie 4 years ago.  It's really astounding how quickly things change.  For instance we were able to tell at 14 weeks what we were having by ultrasound.  You can find out even sooner at 10 weeks by blood test.

I remember the nurse asking us if we wanted to upgrade our ultrasound and see 3D images of our daughter (Katie) at the time.  We opted not to but with this baby we were able to see 4D video in real time of her moving around in my tummy. They also took some images in 4D.  I don't think I'll ever be able to wrap my head around the fact that my body can create another human and to catch a glimpse of it actually happening is such a gift.  It truly is a miracle.  

15 weeks.  "Yup, I can see her through your belly button Mom.  She is still in there." said Katie.

18 Weeks pregnant and just finished another round of Whole30. 

At 19 weeks and still very tired/sleepy.

18 weeks and here's a partial face shot.  You can see one of the eye sockets, chin and head.

At the half way point, I was feeling great. Really no traditional pregnancy symptoms happening. Also gained roughly 3 lbs. which I thought was low but the doctors assured me that I was measuring just fine in my tummy area and that the baby was healthy and I was healthy too so no need to worry.

Half way there at 20 weeks!!!

Another shot of the bump at week 20.

Celebrating Mother's Day with these 3. Almost at 27 weeks.

28 weeks below.

Almost 29 weeks below at a friend's wedding.

32 weeks at the beach.

33 weeks and Baby completed her first race.  I ran with Katie during her 1 mile run.

35 Weeks and still feeling good.  So here I am with just 5 weeks remaining and have put on 19 lbs. I have had occasional heartburn, especially if I lay down for bed not long after I have dinner.  Also baby is constantly moving.  Every night at 9pm she has a dance party in my belly.  Lots of kicks to the ribs and fingers moving below.  I have been seeing the doctor more regularly and after week 35 they wanted me to make weekly trips to the hospital just to be checked out via, heart rate monitor, measurements, weight, and fetal monitoring for an hour to make sure she is moving enough during a specified time period.  Her statistics put her in the 10 % for growth at one point so from then on I would go in weekly.  She'd move up from the 10%, to the 12%, to the 15% and finally the 18%.  I stopped going to the hospital after that because I was feeling amazing, baby was due in 2 weeks and although I was technically considered high risk (because of my Crohn's Disease) hence all the precautions, I knew baby was healthy.  She was estimated to be born in the 6 to 7 lbs. category which the nurses and doctors all said was low.  Really?  Low??  They said that people now a days are having 8 to 9 lbs. babies.  I'm not sure what I am doing differently from all these other women, but I do know that even if 6 to 7 lbs. is considered low in this era, that that is still a healthy weight for baby.


37 weeks below.  And one of the last photos before baby comes. Total weight gained was 23 lbs.  With Michael and Katie I gained 40 lbs with both but this time my diet has been completely different and much more healthy with whole foods. I am much more aware of how certain foods make me feel and have become more in tune with what my body is craving and needs. It's been interesting to see that the baby takes what it needs and that all the weight has gone to the right places.

Baby Due August 11, 2015