đ¶Pregnancy Week By Weekđ¶ âWeek Thirty-Sevenâ âThird Trimesterâ You are getting oh so close now to having your baby. Next week you will officially be classed as âtermâ so if your baby were to be born when you are 37 weeks pregnant, it is unlikely to have any issues because of prematurity. If youâve left a lot of organising until the last minute, now is the week to get cracking. Many pregnant women put off buying clothing and essentials for their baby until well into their third trimester. They want to make sure everything goes well with their pregnancy and donât want to âjinxâ it by setting up a nursery too early. If this sounds familiar, by 37 weeks pregnant you are entitled to feel some reassurance that your baby will be alright. Checks with your midwife or doctor will have given you some insight into its growth and how it is developing. How your body has dealt with pregnancy changes will be very clear to you and it may have become difficult to even remember a time when you werenât pregnant. Physical changes this week: Your back aches, your pelvis is creaking and your bladder canât hold more than a few millilitres. Welcome to the last few weeks of gestation. Unfortunately, the final stretch of pregnancy is more about benefits for the baby than for the mother. Your baby is having a lovely time in there thank-you, but if youâre feeling just a touch like youâre being used, you are entitled to.Your vaginal discharge will increase now and you could need to wear a liner for extra absorbency. This is completely normal and unless it is profuse, itchy, smells unusual or is bothering you donât be concerned. There is a lot of pelvic engorgement and hormonal activity occurring now and this is a normal outcome.You may occasionally get a sharp, almost electrified feeling in your bladder from this week. It could startle you and cause you to feel you are about to wet yourself. As long as you donât have other urinary symptoms which could mean a urinary tract infection, donât be concerned. If this is your first baby, it may be engaging in your pelvis and that bony head isnât far from your sensitive bladder. Changing positions can help but otherwise, itâs just a case of too little room. Emotional changes this week: Excitement is building in you and your partner. Youâll find your mind is prone to drifting off, imagining how the baby will look, visualising yourself holding it and wondering exactly how it will fit into your lives. You may also be frightened, worried if everything will be alright with the baby and how you would cope if it were not. You could be concerned about how you will cope with your labour. Fear of the unknown often makes us imagine the worst and it becomes easy to catastrophise possible outcomes. Most mothers seek reassurance but not always. Keeping fears to yourself can only make them worse so seek some trusted sources to confide in. Your midwife and doctor are sure to have heard similar concerns many times over. If you are having a booked caesarean delivery, mark the date in your diary or calendar if you havenât already done so. Plan for a quiet couple of days beforehand so you donât feel you have rushed through them. The last few weeks or pregnancy are often referred to as a waiting game and even if patience isnât usually one of your attributes, you will save yourself a lot of angst by just letting nature take its course. It is so important to invest some time into thinking about how you will adjust to becoming a parent and the possible changes in your relationship with your partner. Parenting actually starts in pregnancy, not once the baby is born. Changes in your baby this week: Your baby is packing on the weight this week, around 500 grams in fact. If you are feeling hungry, give into your bodyâs signals that it wants more food. The energy from your dietary intake is going directly into your babyâs fat stores and helping it to fill out.Your baby doesnât have much space to move its whole body around now, but will still be able to pivot itself into more comfortable positions. You could find it protests when itâs feeling a little compressed. A sharp jab in the ribs or in your pelvis is usually enough of a prompt for pregnant mothers to get up, move around or even do some pelvic rocking.Lanugo, that soft downy hair which has been covering your babyâs skin is being reabsorbed this week. Much of it will end up in your babyâs gut and will be included along with other waste products in its meconium, the first bowel motion. Vernix Caseosa, the white greasy coating on its skin will also be reabsorbed. -Kia đ
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:05:34 +0000
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