Baby Belly

I know that there are a few inquiring minds out there that are wondering what the baby belly looks like so I finally snapped a few shots of it for ya. So, here it is 36 weeks & 3 days and as large as ever. It is amazing to believe that in less than a month we are going to meet and hold this baby in our arms. I am starting to get very excited and wondering constantly who is in there, boy or girl & what is their name? I guess at this point only time will tell.

Baby #3

The time is really ticking by and the arrival of baby #3 will be here before we know it. Most days I can not believe it is almost here, it feels like it was last week that we actually found out that we were pregnant so how can it be that another little Popotte will be coming to live with us? I think if I am honest I am in a bit of denial that it is even happening, not that I don't want it to happen but if I don't think about it than it will take longer to happen. Does this make sense?

I am feeling pretty good for the most part. I had a few weeks were the baby was breech and very high up which was making it so I was breathing like a fat pug even when I was sitting. Lucky for me Samuel at one point was also breech so I busted out the 17 steps to move your breech baby and got to work. Well, I am happy to report that I walked around for about ten days playing my ipod to my crotch and it worked the baby flipped. I am hoping that the baby stays in position which it more than likely will because it does not have much room in there anymore.

We have not done anything in preparation for the baby except discuss names over and over and over again! Needless to say we have not agreed or settled on anything & Elijah thinks we should name the Bob. One thing I can promise you is the baby's name will not be Bob or Spiderman Baby!!!

The Third...

The third Popotte baby will be welcomed into our family in less then 100 days & I can not even believe it!!! It seems like only a few days ago that I took a pregnancy test & to our surprised were pregnant AGAIN!!! Words can not express how wonderful it felt to not "try" to get pregnant and just be surprised with a tiny blessing & miracle. However this little miracle has given us a few ups and downs along the way and by no mean has been uneventful. It all started with multiple ultrasounds to get the correct measurements and pictures and the latest has been that I failed my one hour glucose test and as a result had to do a three hour fasting test. I am happy to report I passed the three hour with perfect numbers and we have nothing to worry about!

I am 28 weeks pregnant today & I am HUGE bigger than I was with either one of the boys so I can only imagine how big I will be come the end of March. I am still having heartburn, craving cran-rasberry juice, longing for a diet coke, and loving peanut m&ms! Cookie and I have not settled on a name yet but I think we are close in regards to a girl but not boy so if you have a suggestion offer it up!

24

I can not even believe it as I type it....we are 24 weeks along already with baby #3!!! I had a level two ultrasound today which would of been my sixth ultrasound of this pregnancy and more than I had with the boys combined. Finally, we got a clean bill of health & the baby looks perfect! I love it when anyone calls my kids perfect even if they are still in utero. I had a very tempting moment at my ultrasound to find out the gender of the baby I actually had to look away because the tech had to type it on the report which shows on the scream. I am proud to say I resisted but I did however count her key strokes which was 9 which is too long for boy, girl, female, or male. The 9 key strokes really confused me and I told her that and she smartly reminded me she could just tell me I didn't need to crack a code....but nope we won't be finding out until the Spring! Speaking of when the baby is due (April 1st) I noticed that the following weekend is Easter so with my luck I will end up in the hospital over Easter weekend and miss the boys, their baskets and egg hunt. So again I am faced with let nature take it's course and see when the baby wants to be born or schedule a date to work around the holiday.....I think I will be gambling and seeing if things might happen on their own!

A few other baby #3 updates, I still have awful heartburn, have a giant belly and look like I should deliver tomorrow, I am measuring 3 weeks ahead of schedule, crave cranberry juice, baked goods, and peanut m&m!!!!

Also we still have no name for baby #3 so please feel free to make any and all suggestions we are open to anything!

Baby Popotte #3

The news has spread and I think almost everyone knows by now that we are very excited to share that we are expecting Baby #3 to arrive this coming spring. My actual due date is April 1st but unfortunately we will be having a scheduled c section somewhere between March 26th and April 2nd. Not sure if we will be sharing the date with everyone once we know it but I will at least keep everyone up to date on a need to know basis.

So far pregnancy has been great. I love being pregnant and growing this special little person. What I do not love it the heartburn and the migraines that I have been having but if those are the worst that I will have to deal with then I am very lucky! I had my regular monthly appointment last week and baby #3 was not being so cooperative in letting my midwife and I hear it's heartbeat so we had to have an ultrasound which gave us a chance to have a sneak peak at the baby before our big ultrasound next month. Everything looked great the baby is measuring perfect and had a very healthy heartbeat of 144!

Here is the picture of Baby #3