Your baby is about to be born without needing special care in the case of premature delivery. He is already a baby of approximately 2 kilos. It will reach 45 centimeters in height and will be the size of a large coconut. This week brain development is extraordinary. Because of this (and the little space that she already has in the uterus) the baby will take long naps in which his brain will take advantage of to work the neural connections
The lanugo will begin to shed from your body. It will become part of the baby's first bowel movement called meconium. In addition to the wonderful brain development, the weight of the baby will increase each week from 200 to 350 grams.These last weeks are necessary for the baby to gain weight and fat, which will serve as protection once he is born.
How am I going to be this week?
You may already be very tired. The pregnancy is long but the last weeks take forever. It seems as if time does not pass but, believe me, it passes. The discomfort in the back and the tightness in the skin will be more intense than in recent weeks. The urge to urinate will keep you in the bathroom longer than normal. The baby is putting a lot of pressure on the bladder. It may have already snapped in and that this motivates the appearance of contractions. In the childbirth classes you will have already been taught to control your breaths during a contraction. And surely you are already able to count how long a contraction is lasting. If the contractions don't stop after a few hours, they become regular and they are increasing in intensity, go to the emergency room to monitor you. If your water breaks or if you lose a little blood, you should also go to the emergency room without fail.
Have you prepared the suitcase for the hospital? Depending on whether your baby is born in summer or winter, you will have to put different clothes. Remember that in maternity wards it is very hot and wrapping the baby excessively is dangerous. If everything goes well, it will, you will be admitted for about 36 hours, a day and a half, so calculate clothes for 3 days just in case. Don't forget your own! Remember to pack comfortable clothes for leaving the hospital, clothes that you used in the fifth month of pregnancy or so.
What tests are you going to perform?
It will depend on whether you are following your pregnancy through Social Security or private insurance. In the second option, you will have ultrasounds almost weekly. Wherever you do remember to bring all the tests that they send you up to date for the good of your baby and yoursSome gynecologists will send you an EKG to rule out possible heart problems that would prevent a natural delivery.
Enjoy your pregnancy. It is a unique moment in which you will connect with your body and with your baby like never before.