13 Week Appointment

This afternoon i went for my monthly visit with the OB, Dr. Black. She found our little peanut on the doppler and said that he/she has a "nice strong, fast heartbeat". She told me that i should try to gain about a pound a week from here on out. We talked some more about VBAC and she believes that i am an "ideal candidate".

Tonight when the kids were brushing their teeth, Gwen put her hand on "Mommy's baby belly". I said: "AWww are you saying hi to our baby?" and within seconds cole reached over to put his hand on my belly too :)

Baby C Update

Last tuesday (2/15), Andy and I went to Maternal Fetal Medicine for a consult and an u/s. We got to see our little peanut. He/she was measuring right on at 11 weeks, 6 days and was a little over 2 inches long. He was bouncing around and had his hands over his face, possibly sucking his thumb like his big brother and big sister :) The tech had a difficult time getting the measurements for the sequential screen so she asked me to cough several times. Finally, baby cooperated and everything looked great. Oh and we left with a couple of cute pics of our little one :) We spoke with the nurse practitioner about progesterone shots to help with PTL but decided against them since no studies have shown that they help with pregnancies following multiples.

Big Brother and Big Sister

Yesterday I gave Cole and Gwen a book about being a Big Brother. Gwen has been enjoying reading it and looking at all of the baby gear. She now knows what a bouncy seat is and talks about how our baby will get mama milk instead of a bottle. Today i overheard her reading the book by herself. She was saying something like: "big brother so special. help with baby. I help with baby".

Gwen and Cole love "the baby"

The kids are really into the baby. They've been looking at pictures in my book and talking about how "our baby fingernails" (growing fingernails this week). Cole woke me up yesterday morning saying: "mommy's baby belly" and gwen says: "mommy feel icky. baby in belly". SO cute!!!! Gwen has even said that she will "change baby sister diapers". Yes, she thinks it is a baby girl.

Yup, you read the title correctly-- we are the crazy parents who are expecting our third baby! That means as of August 2011, we'll have three kids under the age of three!!!

Here's the recap:

12/25/10- Andy has the stomach bug. I take a pregnancy test and the second line shows up immediately. I quickly throw the test in his christmas stocking along with a few other small gifts. After the kids finish opening their presents, Andy takes the test out of his stocking and says: "REally???".

12/29/10- We visit the Stamps Family in VA and tell them the fun news. Andy wanted to do this by taking a family photo and instead of saying "cheese", yell out "Meg's Pregnant!". He didn't get much of a reaction at first but after the photo session, everyone seemed happy about the news.

1/8/11- The Kreiger Family comes up for a visit. We had made shirts for the kids that said: "Big Brother/Sister" on the front and "August 2011" on the back. When cole woke up from his nap, Pap Pap noticed his shirt immediately. I thought he understood it because he looked at Cole and said: "Let's go see Nana". After a LONG 15 minutes or so, Pap Pap took notice of the shirt again and everyone figured it out. They said that they would have figured it out if they had seen Gwen's shirt because afterall, Cole is technically Gwen's big brother.

1/20/11- Our first appointment at the OB's office. We had a quick u/s to date the pregnancy. Our little peanut, Baby C, measured right on at 8 weeks (due date 8/31/11). We got to hear his/her heartbeat and see his little heart flickering. The heartrate was 168. We were very happy to hear that everything looked good and that there was ONE baby in there!

1/21/11- We sit the kids down to tell them about their little brother/sister. Gwen immediately said: "Baby Sister" and "Baby in Mommy's Belly". Cole ran away and played for awhile but i know he was listening :)

1/25/11- My first appointment with the OB. I got to meet with Dr. Black, the doctor who delivered the twins. It was nice to see her and to chat with her. She said that everything looked good and that i needed to start thinking about a VBAC vs. CSection. More on that later...

2/2/11- 10 Week Belly Picture (My first belly pic!!!)