Category Archives: Pregnancy

Baby Gilbert #4

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Back in March we were very excited to announce that we were pregnant with Baby Gilbert #4. The above picture was our announcement. Not only was it a fun way to announce, it was also very yummy to eat afterward. My awesome friend Tamara made them for me since mine would never look that pretty.

Our three girls were very excited…well okay Lyra didn’t care at all but the older two were. We started talking about if we think the baby is a boy or a girl and they each had their opinion which changed daily. We decide to splurge with this pregnancy and go to the 3D Ultrasound so that the girls could come with us. And because I am terrible with not knowing gender and NEEDED to know!!!

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It was so much fun seeing baby. The girls were very excited to get to see all the different parts. And we got to find out that Baby Gilbert #4 is…

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A GIRL!!!!

We are very excited to welcome our fourth little Gilbert Girl into the family in October. The hard part came next. I love naming our kids as soon as we know gender (Lyra was over 24 hours old before she was named because we couldn’t find out her gender). So the search began. When you have already named our 3 kids strange names you have to continue the trend. Because it would be strange to have Capri, Payson, Lyra, and Sue. Capri really wanted to name the baby Butterfly, but that was a bit out there even for us.

After much searching, finding names we liked but were not perfect we decide on Zalah Leyden Gilbert. Zalah is a mix of a few names that we loved, and Leyden is the middle name of one of my closest friends growing up. I always told her that I loved that name and wanted to use it someday. And it just so happened to flow so well with Zalah (which is pronounced Zay-Lah like the name Kayla).

I am currently 23 weeks and a bit and am feeling great. We cannot wait until October to welcome Zalah into our home.

13 Weeks and Craving Carbs

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I am currently 13 weeks and 3 days pregnant with baby number 3. I am thinking this baby is a boy because of the lack of vomiting and the craving for carbs that I didn’t have with both girls.

But I most likely won’t be finding out the gender this time around because the hospital we go to won’t tell you (if you are new we moved a year ago, and our old hospitals told us gender). So that is kind of SUPER ANNOYING!!!

Besides that though I have been feeling pretty good. I am going for blood work in the morning and get to drink some nasty orange stuff. I have been wearing maternity clothes for a few weeks now because I am HUGE!!! But there is only one baby in there, I had a dating Ultrasound last week because the doctor didn’t believe my dates (PS I was right).

This is my first time being pregnant in the summer so I went out and bought a few pairs of maternity shorts and I LOVE THEM. They are really comfortable and I got them at a consignment shop so I didn’t have to pay full price.

dollyCapri likes talking about the new baby and really wants to hear the heartbeat with the App I got for my phone that allows you to listen to the heart, but I am still too early for it to work. If you are interested in the app you can check it out here. I have a friend who used it and said it works so I thought I would give it a try. It uses your phones microphone to pick up the heart beat.

Capri also insists that she is growing a dolly in her belly, and will show me where the dolly is growing anytime we talk about the new baby or watch videos of new babies. It is really cute.

Payson has no idea what is going on, but does enjoy lots of snuggles and is making sure to be highly attached to her mommy. 

So I suck at blogging my pregnancies, as you can see by the few that I did in each pregnancies with the girls. But who knows, maybe you will get a few updates before I announce that the baby has been born. 

Hot Mama Gown Review

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IMG_1574When I was in the hospital to deliver Capri I wore the standard hospital gown during labor and also during my stay in the hospital. I HATED these gowns. I felt like every time I stood up or wanted to go anywhere I was giving everyone a little peep show. And when I was trying to breastfeed Capri wearing one I had to haul the whole thing up and reveal EVERYTHING, or try and pull the should down which I found hard. So over the last few months I have been following Hot Mama Gowns (HMG) on twitter and on facebook. I love the mom that owns and runs HMG because she is beyond generous and LOVES promoting other mom companies, Deidrea is beyond amazing. So I was so happy that I was given the chance to review a Hot Mama Gown.

I love that the gown is pretty and functional. I was sent the Genevieve print and thought it was perfect. I chose to wear my gown for my hospital stay instead of during labor because I knew I would get more use out of it (especially since my labor only lasted 4 hours). But if you do wear it during labor the back has snaps so you don’t show off you bum to the world, but the snaps allow for quick access if you decide to have an epidural.

IMG_1580What I loved most about the gown was the breastfeeding access. The gown has two ribbon drawstrings so you can pull the sides away to allow for easy nursing without super exposure. You can watch a video here about how they work. The gown also has snaps along the shoulders so you can un-snap those and bring one side of the gown down to nurse, which I found worked best for us. I love that it has those different options.

I wish I had more and better pictures of us using it, but Stefan was at home with Capri so I only have a few photos. But you can see some other mama’s photos and thoughts on their gowns by checking out the testimonial page on the HMG website.

I want to thank Deidrea so much for helping make my hospital stay a comfortable and stylish one. Check her out on facebook and on Twitter.

Capri Becomes a Big Sister

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IMG_1525All through my pregnancy we talked with Capri about her new baby sister that would be joining our family. We read her books about becoming a big sister (my favourite was My New Baby), we brought her to doctor appointments and let her kiss my tummy (which always ended up with her blowing raspberries all over my stomach).

Capri was 14 months when we got pregnant and was still nursing a fair amount during the day and night. I knew there IMG_1579was a good chance my milk would dry up but I continued to let her nurse. My milk supply did go down a fair amount but she was still able to get some and didn’t seem to mind the lack of milk.

I was thankful that I went into labor in the morning and that Stefan was able to pick her up only 5 hours after we had dropped her off at a friends house. Stefan was able to spend the two nights I was in the hospital at home with Capri and she did very well (though she did wander around saying “Mama?” a fair amount).

She was the first one to meet her baby sister only a few hours after Payson was born. She was kind of tentative at first but after a bit she was up in the IMG_1608bed with Payson and I. She would not touch her however and just wanted to snuggle with me. But before the visit was over she was holding her hand and gave her a kiss goodbye.

Over the last two weeks Capri has had her ups and downs with this big change in our household. She LOVES her sister and gives her lots of kisses and gets very worried when Payson cries. She also really likes covering her face with blankets and pulls on her arms a bit too hard or tries to turn Payson’s head to point to her ears. She has been adjusting fairly well to sharing mommy but it has been rough. She is down to nursing in the morning and right before bedtime but has a hard time when Payson nurses. Stefan goes back to work tomorrow so we will see how it goes with just the three of us at home during the day. IMG_1778IMG_1733