Lunch Meat Scare

So, I had a bit of a scare before the doctors appointment the other day. I didn't realize that lunch meat was a no no for pregnant women. I had a couple of turkey sandwiches the week before our last baby appointment. I found out from a friend that you shouldn't eat lunch meat because of a bacteria called listeria. This information of course caused me to feel very uneasy...after all the Cajun turkey we had was DELICIOUS! So, at our doctors appointment I asked about the dangers of lunch mean. My doctor put my mind at ease and said not to worry about what I had already eaten and that lunch meat when bought from a proper deli and then stored correctly at home was perfectly safe but limit my consumption. Needless to say I was delighted to hear this news.
Nick and I made our weekly trip to the grocery store the next day which of course we purchased more of the Cajun turkey and Cajun roast beef I had been enjoying previously. I was glad that this was still on my list of things to eat as food has not been tasting all that good recently and my meals are pretty limited. As we got home and put the groceries away, I picked up the lunch meat and as I went to put it away...gagged. Gagged so hard that I almost made myself sick. Needless to say, every time I open the fridge and can smell the lunch meat - - I gag. So, I guess that puts an end to the lunch meat issue I was having. Weird huh?

3 Months Along

We had our second doctors visit today and it was AMAZING. We got to hear the heartbeat today. The nurse said it was at 164 and she predicted a girl. I don't have a clue what the baby is, but everyone who has taken a guess has said boy. I am starting to have a gut feeling, but I am not sure yet what I really think the baby is. All I know is when we left the doctors appointment today we were amazed at the heartbeat. We were a little let down by the experience at the office however, because the nurse found the heartbeat and the doctor seemed as though drying paint would have been more interesting then our appointment. Nick and I discussed this at great length and will probably be looking to other doctors in the area. On of Nicks classmates has a wife who is also pregnant, as well as another students wife who is a labor and delivery nurse. I will be seeing them soon and will be enlisting their help / advice on my doctor and what I should do. We do have another appointment set for October 13, and at that time we will have a lot of blood tests and hear the heartbeat again. We also received our first card from the Gayle Family congratulating us on the pregnancy. It was wonderful to get this card and the Gayle family is just too sweet to think of us.

First Baby Gift

Today we received our first baby gift. It came from Nick's mother. It is the cutest little onesie from Harley Davidson and a pair of Harley Davidson booties. There was a slight problem though, she meant to send us the blue onesie, but somehow we got the pink onesie instead. Nick thinks it is because she secretly is hoping for a girl...but she swears up and down that she chose blue because she figured a boy or girl could wear blue. Oh well, we will send it back to get the blue one. It is really cute though, here is the blue onesie that should be arriving in the next two weeks or so.