Bag to the hospital should be ready at 100%. 6th obstetric week - is the 9th calendar month, which means that delivery time is not far off. However, the child will be born, when he will decide!
It is better to be prepared for any eventuality, tune in to a positive. Bag, documents and the right attitude will not let you get lost, if the baby is a little hurry to be born.
Is expected to meet with the child and you know - everything will be fine. Watch good movies, read, practice your favorite hobby - very soon you will have to take a break from these sessions.
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- Tummy may fall slightly below the previous level. Do not worry, because the bottom of the uterus, which until now was rising up from this week must go down lower and lower in the course of preparation for childbirth.
- Descends into the birth canal Upper Front head baby, so - childbirth is not far off!
- Even if you can not see that the stomach has changed its position, you will immediately feel that you breathe has become a little bit easier - the uterus is not so presses on the diaphragm, less tormented by heartburn, but the urge to urinate participation - now your baby puts pressure on the urinary bubble.
- If you have not had time to meet with a doctor who will take your birth, then you should not longer postpone his first visit to him.
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How's the baby in the tummy: the health of the baby
Now the kid size like papaya. His height - 46 cm, weight - 2750
Daily weight gain crumbs will now be about 14-28 g He can already breathe on their own, if born in the 36th week. By the way, in case of multiple birth pregnancies at this period is considered the norm.
- Little face becomes smoother and cheeks - pink and puffy.
- Accumulates more fat, which will allow the child after the birth of self-control body temperature; calf fattening.
- In the liver of the baby accumulates more iron, contributing to blood formation in the first year of life.
- Scarce continues active workout - sucking fingers on the arms, and sometimes on the legs, swallows amniotic fluid, produces and secretes meconium.
- The child harden bones and cartilage are sealed, but the skull is partly soft. Between some of his bones are preserved areas of connective tissue, allowing the head to pass through the narrow birth canal. These are the fontanelles, which are overgrown with time.
- The adrenal glands produce cortisol increasingly - a hormone that stimulates the production of prostagladinov, starts the process of labor.
- Cardiovascular system is ready to ensure an independent life. However, the opening is not closed between the atria, as long as oxygen is supplied not through the lungs and the bloodstream through the umbilical cord.
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Tests and medical examination
From the 36th week of pregnancy, visit the gynecologist should be weekly. The doctor will carry you to the fetus cardiac monitoring, to keep track of a comfortable stay in the tummy crumbs.
By that time, the doctor must give you a card exchange, which should be entered all the analyzes and studies carried out during pregnancy. This document will need the medical staff of the hospital in which you arrive at the birth. In it - the entire history of the development of your baby, and important information about the course of pregnancy.
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Care: Do not stimulate breast
- Before that time you are willing to breast feeding using special massages, but now do not worth it - it can cause excessive release of oxytocin, which is why can begin premature generations.
- But from walks to refuse it is not necessary, movement and fresh air is needed not only to the expectant mother, but baby.
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