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Week 30

Published on August 19, 2010 in Extra Biscuit, Pregnancy and Pregnancy Blah blah. 4 Comments

First pregnancy photo, shot with my phone. I look like a deer caught in headlights. Meh.

Its become apparent that my poor third child will have no written record of my pregnancy with him. I find with how easy it is to use facebook that I rarely post on my blog. The problem with facebook is I can’t really look back in a few years and have the memories all written down. So I thought I would write up a little post about my pregnancy with Biscuit. Just so I don’t forget.

I am now in my 30th week of pregnancy. I can’t believe how quickly this pregnancy has gone by compared to my other two. With Gavin it felt like I was watching the clock for 9 straight months wondering when he’d get there. Keaton’s pregnancy was a lot the same. I was in a lot of pain and I was tired and I just wanted to be done. With Biscuit its a lot different. I feel so great. Sure I am tired and some days I feel like one of his feet is sure to bust through my cervix. But honestly this pregnancy has been mostly relaxing. I haven’t been very emotional. I feel happy most of the time. Sure I get annoyed a lot easier. Some days I am more crabby with the kids. But overall my hormones have been pretty kicked back. With Gavin I was swollen constantly, I had all sorts of aches and pains, and I was SO emotional. With Keaton I had gallbladder disease, back pain so bad I couldn’t walk, and again my emotions were out of control.

Right after we found out Biscuit was a boy, we picked a name for him. Soon after I fell out of love with the name and we started looking around for another name. So far that other name has not come along. We have a couple we like and I keep thinking when I see him I will know what I want to name him. Although another part of me feels like he may just be nameless forever. With Gavin we threw around a few names and when we settled on Gavin it just fit. To this day he still fits his name and I am so happy with it. Keaton came to us near the end of my pregnancy. He was a Zander and a Gage for awhile, and finally we settled on Keaton. Again I love the name and I think he fits it so well. Boy names are so hard for us, especially with the last name Grotegut. Everything either sounds nerdy or strange when its ended in Grotegut. I pray for this child’s sake we come up with something.

So far in this pregnancy I haven’t gained any weight. With Gavin’s pregnancy I gained 58lbs total. I lost it all after i had him but because I am an emotional eater and my PPD was horrific with him, I ate my way up 50lbs. Then right after that I got pregnant with Keaton. I was so sick with my gallbladder when I was pregnant with him I was really strict with what I ate. So I never did gain any weight with his pregnancy. I thought it was because of my diet, but apparently my body has a max weight set by Gavin’s pregnancy and I just can’t surpass it. Well that’s what I want to believe anyway. I still have 9 weeks until D-Day, anything could happen. I could balloon up 20lbs by then.

I’ve been craving a lot of different foods this pregnancy. Microwave burritos, Double Cheeseburgers, Honey nut cheerios, Peanut butter sandwiches, Jolly Ranchers (I can’t get enough of those!), Nachos from the gas station, Tuna Subs, Salty french fries, popcorn, and Raspberry Ice Crystal Light. Lately I’ve had days where I just don’t feel full. I eat and eat and eat and still go to bed hungry. Then other days I just don’t feel like eating anything and when I do I just feel sick. I guess they balance each other out.

We are almost done getting ready for his arrival. We had given away majority of our baby items. I think we were convinced we were never going to have another baby. Yeah, not a smart move. Thanks to a lot of great friends and family, and a wonderful baby shower, we are on our way to being fully stocked. We’ve got all the major things out of the way. I just have to pick up some additional parts to my breast pump and that should do it. I’ve had a lot of fun picking out baby clothes! I just can’t stop shopping for him. I forgot just how addicting it is to buy little tiny outfits. I’ve been slowly stocking up on diapers and wipes. I am hoping if I pick up a package every time I am at wal-mart then we will have enough for the first couple of months.  We aren’t doing a whole nursery for the Biscuit. Right now his future bedroom is still the playroom. When he is ready to be moved into his own room we may decide to paint and decorate. I am more tempted just to leave the dinosaurs we painted for Keaton and call it good. I mean that is one of the advantages of having another boy right?

I am still seeing the high risk OB. Everything has been going smoothly so far though. No high blood pressure, baby is growing perfectly. Its nice to be reassured that he is doing so well. I also love to see him on the ultrasound once a month. In a few weeks I’ll start having my weekly Non Stress tests. I am hoping they let me do them at the hospital closest to me and not at the hospital 25 minutes from me. I can’t imagine having to go up there once a week and work around my kids school schedules to do that. Maybe they will change their minds and I won’t have to do them after all? One can hope!

I must admit I am very nervous about adding Biscuit to the bunch. I feel anxious about sleepless nights and not being able to handle three kids. I worry I’ll get another bought with Post Partum Depression. I worry Gavin and Keaton will have problems having a new brother. Gavin is super attached to me and I wonder how a change will effect him. Keaton is the current baby of the family and I wonder if it will completely blow his mind to become the middle child. At the same time I can’t wait until we have this little baby! I am so excited. The boys love to talk about their new brother. We call him “our baby” and Keaton always says “when our baby comes”. Gavin comes up with cute scenarios that he thinks our baby will be in. He thinks our baby will probably cry a lot and like to bite my arms. I just can’t wait to hold a newborn again. To have a sweet smelling baby. The first year is so challenging and so fun. I can’t wait for chubby baby cheeks, first smiles, first laughs, and first steps. I can’t wait to see what he will look like. Gavin thinks he will look just like him and Keaton thinks he will have black hair.

Hopefully at my next doctors visit I will narrow out a date for my c-section. John is going to take 6 weeks off when the baby comes, and he needs to let his work know the dates soon. Its going to be a lot of fun to have him home to help with the older boys and to give me nap breaks. My sisters are going to come out to help too, so that is going to be awesome. Not too much longer until we get to meet him in person!

An update on the Biscuit and why I am slacking on my blogging

Published on July 7, 2010 in Extra Biscuit and Pregnancy. 3 Comments

I seem to blog in spurts. Some times I am great at it, other times I go a month without saying much. I have about six different posts I am working on and I will have ready soon. So look forward to that. Its been a busy summer. My sister Kara and her two girls are staying with us since June 15th, and won’t be going home until July 22! Its been chaotic fun and we are going to miss them so much when they leave. I just haven’t had time to sit down and blog like I have wanted to. The kids have done so many fun and new things and I promise to have you all updated soon.

Anyway, with my excuse for slacking out of the way, I wanted to post a quick update on the Bonus Baby. As most of you know I had a really scary delivery with Gavin. When I got pregnant with Keaton I was supposed to be considered high risk and be treated as such. Well no one told me what a moron my OB was going to be before hand. So instead of having my worries constantly eased away, I was forgotten and told to “hang in there”. Thankfully I had an okay pregnancy and a wonderful delivery and recovery. I suppose I got a little Cocky. I thought since Keaton’s had gone so well, why can’t I have a third? And really so far this pregnancy has been great. I think its the best I’ve ever felt pregnant.

Well last week my OB scared me a little.  I went in for my big ultrasound where they check the baby and all that jazz. When I went in I was showing some protein in my urine and I had high blood pressure. At the last visit  I also had a high blood pressure. However, any time I took it at home it was perfectly normal. I haven’t had swollen ankles or felt sick like I did before I was diagnosed with Pre-eclampsia last time. But my OB was/is worried so he referred me to a High risk OB and I had to collect my urine for 24 hours (good times!). I went from feeling scared like something was wrong, to mad because I thought he was over reacting, back to scared because I don’t know if I could handle 3 1/2 months of bed rest if things were bad. Then finally back to “My OB knew all the previous trouble I had with my OB with Keaton and I really thought he might just be trying to prove he was taking me seriously”.

After a week of worrying I finally had my appointment with the high risk OB today and all my worries were eased. I had a very extensive ultrasound and Biscuit is growing perfectly. He is measuring right on with his dates and he was all to happy to flash us his junk (which they printed a 5×7 glossy of his little pee-pee to keep) so we could again verify that he’s a he. I explained to the OB about how I thought we might just be jumping the gun because my blood pressure has/had been fine most of the time. She didn’t think we were and thought that with Keaton’s pregnancy, they didn’t do enough. She says I should have had constant monitoring with him and it was really lucky I had such a successful outcome. For now I am not going to be put on blood pressure meds. Instead she wants monthly ultrasounds to check Biscuits growth. I have to check my blood pressure weekly and report any high pressures. At 32 weeks I will start having weekly stress tests to make sure he is doing fine. If at any time they feel he isn’t growing well or that my blood pressure is continuously high they may put me on medication or bed rest.

I was also told to start taking one baby aspirin every day to help prevent pre-eclampsia. The OB asked me if I had done this with Keaton’s pregnancy. I told her that from 24 weeks on I took tons of aspirin because I was told I could use it for pain for the gallbladder issues I had with Keaton’s pregnancy. I was taking adult doses and several a day. After he was born I read how that can be dangerous and I was so mad at my OB. The high risk OB was mad that he told me to take so much, but she thinks it may have helped ward off pre-eclampsia with him. So I am mad at my OB with Keaton and at the same time a little grateful.

I feel great that they are taking things seriously and making sure that I have as healthy a baby as I can get. I am happy to have my mind put to rest. I am so thankful for modern medicine and doctors that actually give a crap. At the same time I just feel sick over what wasn’t done when I was pregnant with Keaton. I just keep thinking of the what-ifs of his pregnancy. I know I shouldn’t because he is 4 years old and bright and so so awesome. I just can’t help it though. I want to call up my last OB and just bitch him out. For now I will just continue to be thankful and hope for the best for littlest Biscuit.

Baby Update

Published on June 8, 2010 in Extra Biscuit, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Blah blah and The newest Grotegut. 3 Comments

I thought I would post a little update on the biscuit. I had another ultrasound last week just to clear up that 5% chance that it might not be a boy. He’s still a boy and I swear he doubled in size in just 2 weeks time. He is in the funniest position too. He is bum over head with his legs spread wayy out. Check out this hilarious picture of him relaxing in the womb. You can see that he is DEFINITELY a boy. No doubt about it.

If you look below where it says 19 weeks you’ll see his little package. A leg to the left and a leg to the right and his head all the way at the bottom. He looks really uncomfortable in this position.

I am now halfway through my pregnancy and feeling the baby move all the time. He is always active from 10pm on. He sleeps all day though. I am hoping this is not how he is when he gets here. I deserve an excellent sleeper this time around.  I haven’t gained any weight yet. So that is awesome. My blood pressure has been fine so far. I have had a few days of swelling in my ankles from too much time out in the 90 degree heat. I am hoping its just a fluke though. Not much else to report on. I am getting a little energy back. But mostly I just feel like sleeping all day. I have no energy to clean or cook. So my family has been pretty neglected and we are all getting fat on fast food. Only 20 more weeks to go though, we can make it right?

Oh! We have a name picked out for the Biscuit. We are keeping it a secret until he’s born though. Well except for close friends and family. Who knows though, I may change the name before the baby is born. It happened with both the other boys.

Here are a couple of other photos from my ultrasound last week. I have my big ultrasound to check all the parts of the baby to make sure he’s whole on the 28th. So I should have more photos then.

Profile picture with his mouth open. His mouth was open in the last ultrasound too. He must like to sleep like that.

The money shot! Definitely a boy :)

Oh Boy!

Published on May 22, 2010 in Extra Biscuit. 10 Comments

Dear Extra Biscuit,

Firstly I’d like to say, girls suck anyway! We are thrilled you are joining our family, pee-pee and all! It might be rough being the youngest boy of three. Lots of hand me downs and bossy older brothers. I promise your brothers are mostly awesome and you are going to dig their shenanigans. They are going to teach you all about how to make messes and play make believe. I am so excited to meet you Baby Brother!  Stay comfy in the womb and we’ll see you in October.

Love,

Mom

PS…the cord was in the way so we got a “I’m 95% sure its a boy…” So I am going back next week for a quick double check.

Extra Biscuit

Published on April 17, 2010 in Extra Biscuit and We must be crazy. 6 Comments

Bonus Baby
I have been meaning to update for a few weeks but between Party prep for Keaton, getting strep throat, and having to sleep 16 hours a day. Well it leaves no time for anything else. I had my first doctors visit for the Bonus Baby. I was excited to get an Ultrasound because I never got an Ultrasound early on with Keaton. The Baby was indeed in there and right on for my dates, so that was great. Although they didn’t really “zoom in” so I didn’t see the heartbeat or see movement. The OB says he saw it though, and I am supposing he knows what he’s doing.

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