Recap: GrandDuggar Makes 3
19 Kids and Counting, "GrandDuggar Makes 3!"
- At 25 weeks, Anna is feeling great. Jana, studying to be a doula, and Jill, studying to be a midwife, are halfway through their training and will assist at Anna's birth.
- Anna says she and Josh enjoyed delivering Mackynzie and Michael at home but are looking forward to having baby #3 at their midwife's birthing center, which is an hour away. "We already had one in the bathroom," says Anna, who hopes the baby will not be born on the side of the road. "We don't need to have any new scenarios."
- Josh and Anna, who are planning to move soon after the baby is born, take a trip to Washington D.C. to house-hunt. They have been on many trips to D.C. with Josh's family, but this is their first time going alone. Anna, 33 weeks pregnant at the time, has not experienced any complications and has been approved to fly east.
- "We're really not sure exactly what we're looking for in a house," says Josh. "We're not for sure if we're going to rent or if we're going to buy. I would definitely consider buying a fixer-upper if the price is right." The couple tries searching on their own but quickly realizes they need a realtor.
- After buying D.C. shirts at a souvenir shop, Anna has to navigate to a restaurant while Josh heads to a meeting. "Anna is not what I would call a navigation guru," says Josh. Anna agrees.
- "We went by the White House, where Barak Obama lives," says Mackynzie.
- "I felt like I was juggling...just trying to keep everyone safe," says Anna. "I think adding a third child is definitely going to make things a little more complicated."
- Back home, Michelle takes Jackson, Johannah, Jordyn, and Josie to the thrift store. Jackson and Johannah use the $10 they earned drawing caricatures to buy a "noisy toy" and some clothes for the baby.
- While Anna attends a prenatal exercise class, Josh takes the kids shoe shopping, also at a thrift store. "How hard can that be?" he says. But the minute he walks in the store, the kids make a run for the toy section. With each day he spends alone with Mackynzie and Michael, his appreciation for Anna grows.
- "I'm a little nervous because I've never done anything like this before," says Anna, who admits she is not in shape but that she is looking forward to a "mental vacation."
- At 6:00 am on June 2nd, Anna has been in labor for two hours and is having contractions two minutes apart. Michelle and doula Debbie Query ride with Josh and Anna to the midwife's house, where they are joined by Jana and Jill.
- Anna gives birth to Marcus Anthony in the bathtub, and Josh and Anna head home that afternoon to introduce him to the rest of the family. Mackynzie is especially thrilled to be a big sister again.
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