Penelope Joanne Black is here!

On January 29th, 2014 at 11:00am, we welcomed our surprise gender baby, a little girl who we named Penelope Joanne ("Penny" for short)! She was 5lbs, 3.2oz and 18.5inches long at birth. I was induced at 37weeks due to her small size and her not growing like she should in the womb, so the best rout was to get the baby out. Even though she was 3 weeks early she is doing very well! She is small, but she didn't require any medical assistance after being born. Below are pictures of her right after being born. 

 Just born. She was purple because the cord was wrapped around her neck, twice. 

 Pink-ing up a bit

 Peek-a-boo, I see you!

 5lbs, 3.2oz! 

 Mad at being taken away from mommy

 At least she's no longer purple!

 Under the warming bed, she passed out quickly

 Her hair is much darker then how Isaac and Rose's were when they were born

 First bath

 I think she liked it!

 The shirts they put on the newborns at the hospital. Kind of funny :)

 Getting her first (and last!) set of prints

 Tiny feet!

 Daddy with Penny

 Awe!

 Isaac and Rose meeting Penny for the first time. 

 Isaac was very excited. Rose is indifferent haha

Checking out Penny

 Isaac holding Penny. Rose holding a stuffed the bear the same way Isaac holds the baby

 Rose holding her little sister

Getting to hold her by himself

He's so excited!

Isaac and Penny

Big brother kisses for his littlest sister

Rosie's turn!

Awe, sisterly love!

Kisses from Rosie!

 Our attempt at a family picture of the 5 of us!

 Checking out Penny some more

She loves being swaddled!

 Tiny feet

Cute face!

Home from the hospital the next day! 

That's all for now! I'll do another update about the labor and then more pictures after that of us at home. 

Anatomy Scan for Baby #3

So after almost 23weeks pregnant, I finally had my anatomy scan. The first thing we told the ultrasound Tech was that we didn't want to know the gender, which she was very willing to accommodate for us (she didn't even write it down in the charts so that it won't accident slip by my OB at my appointments). The baby was very active during the whole thing, constantly kicking and moving around. She got great images of the heart and she said the heart looked very healthy, as did the blood flow from the cord. The baby had a heartbeat of 147 and weighs an estimated 1lb already. 

There is one small concern though. The baby's stomach is measuring about 6 days behind the rest of the body (such as head and hips area) making the baby's stomach only in the 8th percentile. Baby's need to be in at least the 10th percentile for them not to worry. I go back on Nov 14th for an updated ultrasound to be done to remeasure and see how things are progressing. If the stomach is growing, then the baby is probably just on the small side, but if it's not, then there might be something wrong such as the baby isn't getting what it needs from the placenta or it has IUGR. 

There is also another possibility that I am not as far along as I thought I am, since I never did get an dating ultrasound in the beginning (the ultrasound tech was baffled as to why they didn't schedule me one since my cycles are very irregular. I was told by my OB and registration nurse that they just go by my LMP either way). 

So keep fingers crossed that the baby starts growing properly, otherwise I will probably have to have ultrasounds every 2-4wks until they decide the baby isn't gaining anything from me and decide to induce before my due date. 

Here are pictures from the scan. Most are profile pictures since we couldn't get any "down below" haha.

 Skeletal shot of the baby (ready for Halloween?? haha)

 Baby's foot, awe so tiny!

 Nose and lips!

 Profile 1

 Profile 2

 Profile with legs bent

Profile with knee by the face

Profile with hand by the face