Jennifer's Pregnancy Diaries: 30 Weeks

As I'm 32 weeks pregnant today, I thought I should get a wriggle on and post this from two weeks ago.

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

So, I’m 30 weeks pregnant today. That means 10 weeks to go, if bub comes right on time (like I did).

I’ve started getting Brad to massage my belly at night, and bub interacts with him, playing with his hands and appearing to get upset when he takes his hand away to watch my belly do the “alien thing”. It feels like the start of us bonding as a little family.

I think bub has had a real growth spurt in the last seven days, because bub’s favourite sling position in my belly (lying across my belly under my belly button) doesn’t seem to have enough room now, and when bub is there and I press on my belly button, I can feel that there is baby on either side of my hand, not just below it. I also get to enjoy the feeling of bub stretching out and pressing various body parts against the outside of my uterus. I just wish that s/he would limit the use of elbows. It won’t be long now before I get to experience the feeling of feet in my ribs.

Monday, 25 March 2013 (Day 6)

So Brad and I went on a little “babymoon” for 3 nights in Port Macquarie. We stayed at Mantra Quayside, which is a lovely set of serviced apartments. This was my first experience staying in such accommodation, and I must say that I look forward to doing it again in the future. It is such a cheaper way to holiday.

Bub has been spending most of the last two or three days head down, bum up, with feet pressed against the front of my belly. Clearly s/he has run out of room to curl up in the bottom of my stomach, which is just as well because it was getting rather uncomfortable. The unfortunate side affect of this new position is a return to heartburn conditions with a vengeance. However, I am pleased that bub has decided to take up this new position because it means that I’m not likely to need an ECV (External cephalic version), which would unfortunately mean another anti D injection. Fingers crossed that s/he stays there and that I only have to worry about turning a posterior baby, which is easy enough as I have found being on all fours to be quite a relaxing position.