Pregnancy 38 week – the development of the fetus and sensation of the mother

Calendar of pregnancy for weeks – Pregnancy Thirty-eight weeks – condition, sensations, signs of mother. Fruit development at the 38th week of pregnancy, photo

This week you feel a non-historical and even encounter various objects, t.To. Your volumes are decently high. You can’t wait for the moment of childbirth, and rejoice, realizing that this moment will soon come. Your holiday should be long, enjoy the last days before meeting with the baby.

What does term mean – 38 weeks?

So, you are already at 38 obstetrics, and this is 36 weeks from the conception of the child and 34 weeks from menstruation delay.

Mother feeling on the 38th week

• The moment of childbirth is rapidly approaching, and you constantly feel the severity at the bottom of the abdomen;
• The more your weight becomes, the harder you move;
• Again, a feeling of fatigue, which pursued you in the first trimester;
• The height of the bottom of the uterus from the pubic is 36-38 cm, and the location from the navel – 16-18 cm. The placenta weighs 1-2 kg, and its size in diameter is 20 cm;
• On the 9th month you can grieve a lot of stretching or so-called construction, these reddish grooves appear on the stomach and hips, and even on the chest. But you should not be too upset, because after childbirth they will become lighter, respectively, are not so noticeable. This moment could be avoided if from the first months to apply a special stretching agent on the skin;
• Many women visits the feeling that the uterus sank. This feeling usually arises from those women who have not yet been giving birth;
• Due to the pressure of the uterus on the bladder, urination may be more freed;
• The cervix becomes soft, thereby the body is prepared by the time of birth.
• The cuts of the uterus become so tangible that sometimes you are sure that the birth has already begun;
• The harbingers of fast labor can be colostous. If you have noticed small stains on the bra, then the joyful event is already very soon. Try to wear a bra only cotton fabric, with durable straps, it will help preserve the natural beauty of your chest;
• Grease body weight does not occur. Most likely, you even lose a few kg before childbirth. This is a sign that the child has already matured and is ready for the emergence of. Accordingly, childbirth will begin for several weeks.
• On average, in the entire pregnancy, the weight of the body weight should be 10-12 kg. But there are deviations from this indicator.
• Now in your body there is an active preparation for the upcoming childbirth: the hormonal background changes, the pelvic bones are expanding, and the joints become more movable;
• The stomach is so big that it is almost impossible to find a convenient posture. The skin is stretched on it and it is constantly inspired;
• In the legs can be felt tingling.

Reviews from the forums about well-being on the 38th week:

Anna:

I have 38 weeks, but somehow no signs (the teaching of the cork, the entry of the abdomen), except for pain in the lower back and the losses in all the bones there are no … probably in no hurry to leave my boy.

Olga:

I’m waiting for I can’t wait when I see our Lyalka. I first afraid to give birth myself, even Kesarean wanted, but my girlfriend supported well, said that when it was not hurt, it hurts, when the fight, but also to endure them, as monthly patients. I’m not afraid at all. I want to wish everyone to wish for light and fast childbirth!

Faith:

I have 38 weeks, today the ultrasound was told that our baby turned over, and lay down right, weight 3400. It is hard and scary, though the second time, the first time I gave birth as a fighter, went to childbirth, I was so fun, now somehow not very … but nothing, everything will be fine, the main thing is that.

Marina:

We now have a cosmetic repair of the house, so it is a little tightened. How would I have time. Although if the fact that my parents live on a nearby street, then we live a little from them.

Lydia:

And we just returned from the doctor. Told us that the head of the baby is already very low, although the uterus did not fall (37cm). That it was disturbed by the heartbeat of the Sonelka, there were always 148-150 shots, and today 138-142. The doctor said nothing.

Future development

Length Your baby is 51 cm, and its weight At the same time, 3.5-4 kg.

• On the 38th week placenta already starts to lose the former full. The active processes of her aging begin. The vessels of the placenta begin to run, cysts and calcifications are formed in its thicker. The thickness of the placenta decreases and by the end of the 38th week is 34, 94 mm, in comparison with 35.6 mm on the 36th week;
• Restriction of the flow of nutrients and oxygen leads to a decrease in the growth of the fetus. From this point on, the weight gain of its body will slow down and all useful substances coming from the blood of the mother will be raised mainly on life support;
• Head baby goes closer to “output”;
• Child practically ready To independent Life;
• Food (oxygen and nutrients) The child still gets through the mother’s placenta;
• Nails The baby is so sharp that he can even scratch;
• Most of Lanuga disappears, it can only stay on shoulders, hands and legs;
• The child can be covered with a gray-like lubricant, it Verniks;
• Mekonium (Cal Baby) is going in the intestine of the child and will be released with the first defense of the newborn;
• If this Not the first childbirth, The head of the baby will take its place only at 38-40 weeks;
• During the time he is left before birth, the baby is still picks up a little weight and grows in length;
• In boys The testicles have already had to fall into the scrotum;
• If you expect a girl, then you should know that Girls are born earlier, And, perhaps, this week you will become mom.

Photos of the fetus, photo of belly, ultrasound and video about the development of the child

Photos of the fetus on the 38th week

Ultrasound a child on the 38th week

Stock Foto Mother’s belly on the 38th week

Video: What happens on the 38th week of pregnancy?

Recommendations and Tips for the Future Mom

• By this week you need to be ready for what kind of childbirth may begin at any time. Have a phone with you wherever you go. Phone doctor and exchange card must be with you everywhere. If you still have not yet collected things in the hospital, do it immediately.  And, of course, do not forget to grab things for the kid who will need to be needed at first;
• You need to take a general urine analysis weekly;
• With every meeting with your doctor, he will listen to the heart of your baby;
• Last days before childbirth, try to relax as much as possible and deliver our own kind of pleasure;
• With any ailment or insomnia, contact your doctor, do not self-medicate;
• If you are tormented by an unpleasant feeling in the abdomen – let me know immediately;
• If you do not feel at least 10 kids’ shoes per day, consult a doctor. He should listen to the heartbeat of the child, maybe the kid is exhausted;
• If breckstone reductions are tangible, make breathing exercises;
• Do not worry that the baby can be born not on time. Naturally, if he is born 2 weeks earlier or later thanks;
• Do not fall into panic if you don’t feel the chapels of the baby, perhaps it is at that moment he sleeps. However, if there are no mechanifications for a long time – let me know immediately;
• Strong edema can be avoided if you follow how much you are standing or sit, as well as the amount of salt consumed and water;
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  Quite often, in the last weeks, women wake up “nest syndrome”. When it does not understand where the energy comes and want to equip a children’s room, go through thing and t.NS.;

• Perhaps it is worth clarifying in your maternity hospital, what things and documents will be needed, as well as medicines and so on;
• In the case of joint childbirth, your husband (mother, girlfriend and t.D.) You must pass preliminary analyzes to Staphylococcus and make fluorography;
• It is important to know that the birth of 38-40 weeks is considered normal, and children are born with domestic and independent;
• If you have not decided on the name for your baby, now it will make it easier and more pleasant;
• If possible, surround yourself with my own people, because before childbirth you need moral support, more than ever;
• This week, you will again check the state of the uterus, make all the necessary measurements and clarify the general condition of you and your baby;
• The most morally unpleasant, but no less important is the analysis of HIV and syphilis, but without these results there will be a hitch when admission to the maternity department;
• In advance, find where in your city you can consult about breastfeeding, as well as other issues that may arise from a young mother;
• You can only make sure that everything is ready for a trip to the maternity hospital, well, and of course, for the appearance of a baby in your home.

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