You’re supposed to have already reached the finish line, for the vast majority of women usually do around the week 40, but if you haven’t already, this doesn’t make you a post- term yet. You have two more weeks to go before reaching that conclusion or starting to worry.
Your baby now weighs more than 7 pounds and is just ready to come out to the world, with heart and lungs fully completed and perfectly functioning. Many ladies stop at this stage of pregnancy or the one preceding it and deliver their babies, which end up in very good health, so there’s no need to worry, you’re almost there!
The size of your belly is rapidly developing in these remaining few weeks and so is the size of your baby, who’s now at the size of a swiss chard. Heavy weight putting on your body and limbs is making movement much difficult these days, while you’re in serious need to get moving and exercises to prepare your body for delivery, especially if you plan for natural childbirth, so try to take it easy while moving to avoid slipping, but don’t make this feeling of heaviness stop you from walking and exercising regularly, which will help alleviate the burden off your bones.
You’ve just entered your 36th week through pregnancy, to step into your 9th and last month of pregnancy.. Yes it’s been a long long way to go.. and it won’t be long before you finally be able to hold your little angel and feel him or her. You’re getting very close to that day where you will celebrate then end of this tiring yet rewarding journey.
By now your chances for having normal vaginal childbirth will be predicted, for how your uterus and baby are acting will decide, largely on how the labor day will be. Your baby should by now turn head down, however this might be, in some cases, delayed till the last week or two.
You might be a few days away from labor now. This is not a reason to panic, but a very good reason to be ready totally for D day. As you proceed in the final weeks of your pregnancy, some symptoms of the early weeks may resurface to haunt you, stay calm you can now deal with them way better than before- as you’ve become an expert.Your baby’s body is further developing, maturing and his kicks are becoming more felt and strong. You might feel that he’s too active compared to before weeks.
As your baby grow, now reaching the size of a huge pineapple and his kicks are becoming not just felt but also seen. You can now see your belly moving to the right and left. Some changes are creeping in, like feeling your body becoming out of balance, bumping accidentally to the shelves anything you stand close to, try to put up with it, each day now is taking your close to the finish line.
By now you may feel quite unbalanced, both spiritually and physically, and that as a result of your growing belly and persisting sleep disorder that may leave your nervous and in need of much rest. Don’t worry, there are a number of ways to shift such negative symptoms to changes that you can cope with.
You must by now feel that your bump has grown quite huge, as your baby reach the size of a bug, as in really big coconut fruit. A number of old signs of pregnancy are now back to haunt you, but don’t worry, you’re now an expert in dealing with tiredness, mood swings, constant urination, dizziness, heartburn and the like, pretty much similar to pregnancy symptoms you faced in the early weeks.
Congratulations, you’re almost 10 weeks closer to the finish line and D day. A set of brand new symptoms will surface, each on its specified time, this weeks and the weeks to come, so stay calm and ready to take up the challenge and always think; it won’t be long before you reap the fruit of your long journey through pregnancy.
You may feel at this stage that you’ve been pregnant for like forever, but the good news is you’ve passed all the challenging tests and scary risks of miscarriage, which means your little angel, who’s now about the size of a butternut squash, is safer, stronger, more complete and, off course, bigger than before.
You’ve just entered into the Third and the last Trimester of your pregnancy entails a lot of new developments, at rapid pace, befalling your little one, who’s now at the size of a big eggplant. You can not just feel his movement in your belly but also see it as well as his fast and strong heartbeats.