30-week update: Hiccups!
I read awhile ago that babies practice their breathing in the womb and get hiccups when they do so. Being a bit of a worrier, I was a little concerned that I hadn't felt any yet. Anyway, I finally realised today that those little pulsing ticks I get are hiccups! I thought the kid was just kicking repeatedly.
I have started to be able to figure out a little better where the baby is. I can feel its back anyway. The hiccuping is down low, so I am assuming baby is head down, as it has been at my last two appointments. That's a good thing, since if it stops being head down, that may preclude plans for home birth. I am reading a lot about different positions to help the baby into the best position. So now when I read in bed for a half hour I get into a real awkward kind of position - sort of a modified yoga "child pose". It seems to help as baby definitely moved more front and centre today instead of nestling over to the side. I think being on the side is fine, but it's always on one side in particular, so I thought it might be fun to mix it up.
My neighbour, who is also pregnant and six weeks ahead of me, gave me some great tips for sleeping and hip pain. So I tried a pillow between the legs last night. It did stop the hip pain, but my knees hurt instead! Still, I will experiment with it a bit. Just need to remind myself that all these tendons are loosening to make birth easier!
Julian and I had a great weekend in Montreal. I had to fly there, naturally. It was kind of funny because although WestJet made a big fuss about me needing a note to fly, no airline personnel acknowledged my pregnancy the whole time. I am not exactly at the "ready-to-pop" stage, but it's pretty apparent, so that was a little weird.
There was a lot of belly rubbing from old friends, which was nice, though baby is a little stubborn and stops kicking whenever someone puts a hand on the belly. I also did lots of dancing - I think some of the great-aunts thought that I was going to go in labour right then and there! But so far so good.