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9 months and 1 week
3rd Trimester
3 more weeks to go
Here are some terms that we thought you’d want to know exact details of: Early term: 37 weeks through 38 weeks, 6 days Late term: 41 weeks through 41 weeks, 6 days Full term: 39 weeks through 40 weeks, 6 days Post-term: 42 weeks and beyond Your due date is getting close now, but doctors don't consider your baby "full term" until 39 weeks. Spending the next two weeks in the womb allows your baby's brain and lungs to fully mature. Braxton Hicks contractions may be coming more frequently now and may last longer and be more uncomfortable. An interesting fact: at birth, your baby’s head is the same size as the hips, abdomen and shoulders! It will change shape through the first few weeks after the birth.
तस्मिन्नेकदिवसातिक्रान्तेऽपि नवमं मासमुपादाय प्रसवकालमित्याहुरादशमान्मासात। एतवान प्रसवकालः, वैकारिकमतः परं कुक्षाववस्थानं गर्भस्य ॥ (चरक शारीरस्थान)
Ayurveda says the intrauterine stay of the fetus after the end of 10th month is abnormal.
There are variations, depending on race and parents’ genes. Still roughly speaking, the length (height) of a healthy newborn can range from 17 3/4 inches (45 centimeters) to nearly 22 inches (55 centimeters).3 Meanwhile, a healthy birth weight can range from 5 1/2 pounds (2,500 grams) to 10 pounds (4,500 grams).
It’s practice time! The baby has been sucking and swallowing skills for a few weeks. Between 36 to 38 weeks, this coordination is getting perfected.
Some babies have really long hair at births, between 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. Some babies have just light fuzz on the head. Even the colour can change as the baby grows.
Those little fingers have a lot of power and skill now. The baby can grasp onto smaller objects, like a toe or his nose. After birth, if those fingers manage to reach his hair, he’d be tugging at them and crying wondering why!
Meconium is accumulating in the baby’s intestines. It is made up of amniotic fluid, mucus, skin cells, and other substances your baby has swallowed in utero. Meconium stays in your baby's intestine until after birth, when it is eliminated as his first bowel movement.
Your little one's immune system is completely developed and after its birth, your breast milk will provide it with necessary antibodies to stay fit.
Way back in the first trimester, cervical mucus clumped together to plug up or seal your cervix to protect your pregnancy. Now, as early as a few weeks before labor, changes in your cervix can loosen that protective plug. Part or all of the mucus plug may fall out. It can appear as a thick discharge tinged with brown or red streaks. When there's pink or red spotting along with the loss of the plug, it is known as the "bloody show." Of course, some women pass the plug without noticing it.
Braxton Hicks contractions may be coming more frequently now and may last longer and be more uncomfortable.
You might notice an increase in vaginal discharge. If you see some "bloody show" (mucus tinged with a tiny amount of blood) in the toilet or in your undies, labor is probably a few days away – or less. (If you have heavier spotting or bleeding, call your doctor or midwife immediately.)
Keep monitoring your baby's movements, and let your healthcare provider know immediately if you notice a decrease. Though your baby’s quarters are getting cozy, he should still be as active as before.
When you’re 37 weeks pregnant, diarrhoea could just be diarrhoea or it could mean impending labor. That’s because as your hormones change to prepare for delivery, they can also stimulate your bowels.
Yoni pichu - Keeping a vaginal tampon with oil (make sure you have your doctor’s approval). Taking some oil on a piece of cotton and keeping it in the vagina overnight is a nice and easy way to prepare the tissues in the area for stretching. When the oil remains there for 7-9 hours, it softens the tissues, making them more elastic and less resistant.
Abhyanga - Applying warm sesame oil gently on the areas of lower back, hips, thighs, lower legs, groin, abdomen helps to strengthen the muscles of the lower body which plays a vital role at the time of childbirth. Many women go into muscle fatigue and land up in a caesarean section at the second stage of labour.
Regular Abhyanga massage will provide muscle strength to sustain for a longer time.
The last month of pregnancy is all about supporting the downward energy (apana vayu) and preparing the passageway. Practices like Abhyanga, Yoni pichu, perineal massage will help to give the proper direction to the apana vayu that will facilitate childbirth.
The iMumz App has helpful tips in its feed section and the nutrient rich weekly diet plans backed by Ayurvedic science base to help you manage pregnancy fatigue.
Your ultrasound schedule will vary based on where you live, how your pregnancy is going, and who your doctor is. At this stage of pregnancy, most women will have had all their ultrasounds already.
If you suspect that something is wrong, or that baby is moving less than she is supposed to be moving at this point, your doctor may opt to do a quick ultrasound to make sure that everything is okay.
A 37-week ultrasound will help to determine how the baby is doing in there, and to ensure that she isn’t in any distress.
Here are some questions you can ask your doctor in this week’s checkup:
Calcium for you calcium for your baby Calcium is a much-needed nutrient for building strong bones and teeth; maintaining muscle function, helping blood clot; and maintaining nerve function. It helps your baby grow a healthy heart, nerves, and muscles as well as develop a normal heart rhythm and blood-clotting abilities Many seeds are good sources of calcium. For instance, 1 tablespoon (9 grams) of sesame seeds packs 9% of the RDI. Here is a yummy recipe with Sesame seeds!
This recipe has a nutty aroma that is so appetizing! It comes from the land of Nawabs, Hyderabad and is packed with the goodness of sesame seeds, peanuts, and cashew nuts.
Ingredients
Method
For the tempering:
For the rice:
iMumz provides micro nutrients week by week for your pregnancy nutrition. Diet charts and recipes are made by mothers to give your daily dose of health for your baby and you
By 37 weeks into your pregnancy, it is normal to start experiencing contractions, cramps, and pains. Most women, by now, have felt Braxton Hicks contractions. Those contractions increase in frequency and strength as you near the end of your pregnancy.
These feel a lot like period pain. They happen and when you take a shower or change positions, they cease.
If your contractions are getting longer, stronger, more regular, and more painful, the chances are that they are labour pains, so do pay attention to any differences in the type of contractions, particularly stronger ones.
As the cervix stretches and fits around the baby's head you will experience some sharp pains - this is normal.
One term for this is ‘lightning crotch’. It refers to sharp or shooting pain in the vagina, rectum, or pelvis. There are three possible causes for it.
The iMumz App has yoga exercises and webinars that can help you manage pain with a good sense of control and diets to manage tummy troubles.
The best way to labour is lying in bed.
While this was the traditionally-accepted position, women are now reporting benefits with:
Meditation
Put meditation audio in the iMumz App and meditate with your hands resting on your belly to relax the baby. As you focus on bonding, the baby will be focused on your heartbeat while making a connection. Deep calming breaths will bring a healing focus inward towards your little one. When you meditate (of course, everyday and to a discipline is what makes the difference!), you get control over your breathing. And, when in labour, focussing on breathing and breathing to a pattern helps you manage pain in the active phase of labour. Studies have found that appropriate breathing can ease and even shorten the labour.
Meditation decreases the production of the stress hormones, cortisol and adrenaline and gives the foetus a signal that it is safe and protected. This is essential as it sets the temperament of calm or anxiety in the baby. Meditation also produces endorphins, the pleasure hormone, which assists with preparation of childbirth due to its pain relieving effect. The effect accumulates with time, so the earlier you start practicing meditation during pregnancy, the greater your endorphin levels will be when the D-day arrives!
Download the iMumz app now to access meditation options that will make you calmer and your baby healthier and smarter!
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