Halfway there!

I am currently 21 weeks and 5 days today. We had our level II ultrasound on Wednesday. We had a horrible experience that I don't even want to rehash, but further showed me that I will not be delivering at our hospital. We did find out for sure that we are having a girl! I have been feeling really good with much less back pain than I had last month on my rotation. However, I have definitely been having some daily leg swelling, which is just super attractive! The pic below was taken after I got home from work and took off my socks. Here is a picture of my belly on 20 weeks exactly. To compare the baby is now about the size of a banana, approximately 10.5 inches long and she weighed ~ 14 ounces at the ultrasound.

This rotation has been interesting. I am working inpatient pediatric psychiatry at OSU. The kids range in age from 3 to 12 and mostly have behavior, anger and aggression problems. I have yet to find a child whose biological parents are still together and most have been physically or sexually abused at some point in time. The other day we admitted two different patients that both had five brothers and sisters. So six kids and both families there was five different fathers each! I have had really good hours (9am to 3-5pm) and no weekends. We have to work the 22nd, 29th and 30th, so this is a wonderful rotation for the month of December. It is funny the other day one of the little girls was having a screaming tantrum and the baby was going crazy doing flip-flops. I have been talking to her and letting her know that she should not learn any habits from these children! The month has not been bad, but I know with 100% certainty that I do not want to do this for the rest of my life!