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Pregnancy Week by Week
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
38 weeks pregnant and the signs of Labor

At 38 weeks pregnant you may begin fretting a wee regarding the work as the belly is sitting in all probability a wee lower. You may occurence pelvic pressure simply because the infant is settling into the pelvic region.

As the infant is hitting at the nerves while pressing, you may occurence uncommon stings in the thighs and legs and inside the vagina. In order to conquer this, elevate the thighs and legs up while you are sitting straight down in a comfortable position.

As the cervix commences to dilate, you may metl the mucus plug that seals the cervix and prevents the an infection through being pregnant. This happens in the last 30 days of being pregnant in most of the women and is not a predictor of work contrary to what many people say.

Frequent urination is yet another dilemma you can occurence at this point in time due to the pressure on the bladder and the thighs.

The infant sustain to put on some fat also in this 7 days and weighs regarding 6 ½ pounds and is around 19 to 20 in. long.

By now, the infant’s intestines have gathered a considerable amount of meconium – a mass of tissues and waste products from the pancreas, liver organ and the gall bladder – that can be eradicated soon soon after the birth.

All the inside organs of the infant are high created now and the infant is prepared for the outdoors world.

Increase the iron consumption and go on leading the prenatal nutritional vitamins as the infant experiences speedy development through closing weeks. Increasing the water consumption is also very important at this point in time as it can improve in preventing dehydration through work.


Posted by pregnancyweek at 6:47 AM EDT
Updated: Thursday, 14 November 2013 5:44 AM EST

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