I had my 30 weeks to the day appointment yesterday with a Nurse Practioner because my doctor was unavailable. It was a nice change of pace - she was much more talkative and she felt where Cooper was positioned which was really cool. He is still in the head down position - head resting on my bladder his back is on my right side with his butt up by my ribs and his extremities hanging on the left side. I feel him moving all the time and let me say that the Kegel exercises come in handy now!!! I use those exercises all the time because he puts so much pressure on my bladder.
What else...I'm supposed to be gaining one pound a week now so he can continue to grow - he's gaining fat cells so she said it's important to gain that amount. My weight gain was 4 pounds in 4 weeks for this check-up so I'm doing fine there. We scheduled our next ultrasound appointment in 3 weeks to check on the little guy. She measured my belly and I'm 30 centimeters which is perfect, the centimeters should correlate to my gestation in weeks 30=30!!
Last but not least - she listened to his heartbeat and it's strong 150 beats per minute!
