The Many Adventures of Team Goulet

Wow, where has this pregnancy gone? I went to the midwife last week, everything looks great! Baby is in position and ready to come out. The midwife guesses that the baby will be about the same size as Nathan (7 1/2 to 8 pounds), and says that he seems to be long.  Let's all act surprised at a long, skinny baby coming from me and my husband. I'm still feeling great! This is wonderful considering I have an almost 2 year old that has a high need for his mommy right now. The midwife shared that the baby was not just head down, but seems to have "dropped."  Then he shared that I should enjoy my last week of quiet, because the baby could come as early as next week.  Then I walked out of the office and cried because OH MY GOSH I'M HAVING A BABY!!! When did this happen???  I haven't unpacked anything, the room is not ready, I don't even have both the car seat bases in the car. So...I've got some work to do. I don't think that I am close to being done...

I had my 32 weeks sonogram last week to check on baby #2.  He got to see his little face! He has a little button nose and HUGE lips.  I am thinking it was the ultrasound making things look weird, but this baby might just have the lips of Angelina Jolie.  He also has just a little hair. They estimate that baby #2 weighs 4 pounds right now and will be around 8 pounds at birth.  He is head down, hopefully he will stay that way. Then I had an appointment with the doctor that delivered Nathan to talk about VBAC or C-section options.  She said that everything looks great to try a VBAC (my preference).  As long as the baby stays head down, she thinks that everything should be great for a nice natural birth.  Hooray! Now I just need to focus on getting our house ready for a new baby again.  Thankfully everything from Nathan has been stored in my basement and just needs to be washed and put out.  I am planning a slight remodel of the boys room (for...

Tomorrow I am 2 months away from having baby #2.  Wow that seems crazy.  I realized I've pretty much not documented this pregnancy at all.  This pregnancy actually hasn't had much to write about, its been really uneventful (that's a great thing). Here's all about baby so far: Cravings: spicy/mexican Symptoms:  I'm mainly just tired.  I found out half way through this pregnancy that I am anemic, so as long as I take my vitamins I feel great.  Really, my iron pills give me the same effect as caffeine.  I also have a 20 month old and a job this time around, so I think the tiredness is expected.  About baby: Baby boy #2 is a kicker.  I felt him move really early and he is still a mover and a shaker.  Really, he moves around all the time.  He is especially active at night.  Nathan: Nathan finally is starting to understand that my belly is growing.  If you ask him where the baby is he touches my belly.  As an added bon...

Oh yeah, we are having a second baby.  It is so true that you don't document nearly as much the second time around.  So far I haven't had much to document as this has to be one of the most uneventful pregnancies ever.  Not an ounce of morning sickness, nothing.  I have felt great the whole time.  I will probably even take a picture of my pregnant tummy eventually. I just went the midwife so here is the latest updates: 23 weeks pregnant Weight: gained 16 pounds so far. Fundal measurement: measuring a week ahead at 24 weeks. Other things to note: This baby is a mover, I have felt him since 16 weeks and he moves all of the time.  Whenever I am sitting still, I feel him moving.  Daniel finally was able to feel him move two weeks ago.  I use the bathroom all of the time.  I am not sure if he is in a different position than Nathan was, but my bathroom traffic level is pretty ridiculous.  I have braxton hicks contraction frequently....

11 Weeks I went to my midwife appointment today and I LOST 2 pounds. I'm pretty excited about this. With my belly already starting to show, I thought for sure this would be different. Babies heartrate is 165 BPM. We had a sonogram to test for some genetic stuff and it turns out that the little nugget is still too little to see what they needed to see. I was right on the border of being far enough along for the test. So we'll be going back in a week and a half. But we did get to see the little 4cm bean kicking around in there. This pregnancy has been really uneventful. I feel great, I was scared to put this out there, but I only have one more week of the good old first trimester so I will. I feel better than I did when I was pregnant with Nathan, no nausea, no vomiting, just alittle tired. Cravings: Spicy anything, I could eat mexican at every meal. Rootbear floats, my loving husband had to go to the store one night just to get the ingredients. Dark Chocolate, I kind of ...