The Half-Way Mark

We've reached 20 weeks as of Sunday and this pregnancy has already been more eventful than Luke's! During the first trimester I had the flu and was pretty sick for a week. Now in the second trimester I've had salmonella. Yuck!! That was far worse than the flu and has changed my outlook on eating out and eating chicken. Avoid Chili's at all cost! They don't have the best record when it comes to food poisoning.

The short of it....On Tuesday, June 23rd we had our ultrasound and found out we were having a girl. We went out for lunch at Chili's to celebrate the occasion. Early Wednesday morning I was extremely sick and thought I had the stomach virus. I ended up in the doctor's office that day due to dehydration and then the ER that night due to high fever and continued dehydration. After trips to the doc Thursday and Friday we were back in the ER Friday night and I was admitted to the hospital then until Sunday. It was a horrible experience with symptoms I won't mention, but Hadley seemed to do fine and stayed protected during the whole ordeal. It wasn't until the Sunday of my discharge that we learned I had salmonella. We've reported the case to Chili's and the county health dept. Since then, there have been 5 other cases reported so we're really hoping/praying for some help with the upcoming medical bills. Please join us in praying for that!

I had a check-up yesterday and it went great! Hadley's heart rate was at 145 BPM. She is moving a lot and I still feel her very low so we're still praying about the low placenta. We'll have an ultrasound at the end of August to see if it has moved up. Since I was unable to keep fluids in me for 4 days, I lost weight and was 2 lbs lighter than a month ago. So my total weight gain so far is 8 lbs. It sounds bad, BUT at 20 weeks the recommended weight gain is 10 lbs so I'm not far off. The doctor just said to make sure it goes in the right direction. I eat like a hoss now, so I don't think we'll have to worry with that. I also started iron yesterday....no surprise because my iron always seems to be a little low. That's it for now.

Hadley has already received her first outfits. Nana bought her an especially sweet one that just brought tears to my eyes. I am so excited about dressing up this sweet girl! It's a different excitement the second time around. With Luke I had nervous excitement, but now I just can't wait to meet this girl and I can't believe God is blessing us with a daughter. I really never thought we would end up with a girl. All I know is boys...brothers and nephews always around so this will certainly be an adventure for me.

We'll go back for another check-up in 4 weeks. I'll try to get some pictures up sometime. Luke is very excited to have a baby sister on the way. He likes to tell people now that he's going to have a baby sister. He finally realized it wasn't going to be a brother! We are so excited about our trip to KY coming up at the end of the month! Can't wait to see our KY family and friends!!!