30 week Appointment!

I'm a few days late updating. My appointment was 2 days ago. I was going to update yesterday but honestly, I totally forgot to lol. Okay so, first things first... I took my 1 hour glucose test Wednesday morning. Surprisingly it wasn't all that bad. I was expecting the thick orange drink that leaves a nasty taste in your mouth. Pleasantly it was fruit punch. Light texture, kind of like watered down Kool-aid. I'm assuming I passed my test cause Alice (my midwife for those that don't know) said that if I failed it then she would call me by noon today. No call is good news! 
After the glucose test I had my regular appointment. Miss Brooklyn is breech just like I suspected. Alice said that if she doesn't turn head down by 34 weeks then we will do exercises to try to turn her. Not sure what we are going to do if she doesn't turn after that though. Heartbeat was 152. She's been in the 150's the entire time. I think she's trying to turn on her own but doesn't have the room to. It feels like she's running out of room anyway, she's not kicking so much anymore, but is still moving around like crazy. I lost another pound. Not quite sure how that's happening but it is and of course Alice continues to tell me that I need to start gaining weight! So why is it that when I don't want to gain weight, I do, but when I need to, I can't? It makes no sense. Next appointment is in 2 weeks. Only 9 more weeks to go after today! Starting to get really excited!


There are 62 days until your due date on July 08, 2011.
You are 218 days pregnant.
You are 7.1 months pregnant.
You are in your 8th month of pregnancy.
Your 1st trimester: October 01, 2010 to December 30, 2010. (0 - 12 weeks)
Your 2nd trimester: December 31, 2010 to April 14, 2011. (13 - 27 weeks)
Your 3rd trimester: April 15, 2011 to July 08, 2011. (28 - 40 weeks)


Your baby is continuing to grow each week that you remain pregnant. Your baby's crown-to-rump length is nearly 11.2 inches and total length is approximately 18 inches. Your baby weighs approximately 3.5 pounds at this point. Your uterus is about 4.4 inches above your bellybutton and continues to get larger. An average weight gain at this point is between 21 and 27 pounds. The weight that you gain is made up of your baby, placenta, blood supply, uterus, breasts, fat, water storage and amniotic fluid.

Because the ligaments and muscles supporting the small of your back relax and loosen in order to get ready for childbirth, your back may be aching from now on. There is usually nothing that can be done to prevent backaches, only to make them more comfortable. Many women get heartburn during these last few weeks of pregnancy because the oversized uterus leaves less room for the stomach and the contents within the stomach. Eating smaller, more frequent meals can help relieve the discomforts of heartburn.

This week marks an incredible milestone in your baby's lung development. Before now, the air sacs and branches in your baby's lungs were present but not functional. The lungs were not able to inflate properly. However, now there is surfactant being produced in your baby's lungs. Surfactant prevents your baby's lungs from collapsing outside of the uterus and the baby is able to take in air and breathe properly. The fetal ear is almost completely developed both inside and out. Your baby can hear your voice and other familiar sounds that she will recognize after birth. Your baby is putting on white fat under the skin and the skin's color is pink instead of red at this point. Your baby's fingernails have grown to the end of her fingers and she may scratch herself while she is in the womb.