30w0d

I had my 30 week appointment today. Once again the most exciting part of the whole thing was the wait!! I saw the same doctor today that I saw last time and once again she was an hour late. I'm hoping she's not the one who delivers me... I don't need her to be an hour late for that too!!

My appointment was at 10:00 and I came with a full bladder because inevitably I always go before I leave work and then can only squeak out a little bit for the sample they want. Unfortunately that meant that by 10:30 I REALLY had to go!! I kept thinking it won't be much longer, you can just wait. Finally I decided no more.

So I went back, gave my sample and returned to my wonderful little cove in the waiting room. About 5 or 10 minutes later they finally called me back. I left my shoes on when I got on the scale hoping to gain me a few pounds. Since last time I have gained 2 pounds... with my shoes on. Although the last time I went I was wearing Jake's really heavy sweater so maybe that and the shoes balance out.

Either way it was not the five pounds I had been ordered to gain but it was weight none the less. My blood pressure was fine 108/72 and they told me that my glucose from last time came back fine. Mine was 114 and I guess normal is between 89 & 139.

Once the nurse left it was another 15 to 20 minutes before the doctor came in. She noticed the weight gain and told me that she would give me credit for the two pounds and not lecture me. Woo hoo. She then measured me and he is still right on target. I measured between 29 and 30. Then we got to hear that wonderful heartbeat of his. It was at around 140 when she put the doppler on but once he heard it or felt it his heart rate sped up to around 160.

I also asked her about the leakage. She told me it was perfectly normal and it means I'm going to be a good milk maker. Well woo hoo... I can't gain weight but I can make milk!! Kind of makes me feel like a dairy cow. :-)

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful until I was driving home and decided just for fun to rear end a Dodge. Luckily I had my seat belt appropriately positioned and when I got home I pulled out the fetal doppler and all seemed to be well.

I did call the doctor's answering service and left a message for the on-call doctor. It is amazing, when you call with a regular question it can take you an hour to get a call back but mention the words car accident and your phone is ringing within 5 minutes.

He told me as long as the baby is moving and I'm not contracting, bleeding, or leaking fluid I should be fine. That made my fears ease a little but I think I will probably still worry about him for the next 24 hours or so. Right now I am VERY glad that I did not send back that fetal doppler last month like I was going to. I think we will be using it frequently.