Fetal weight increases to 3.2 kg, and the length is already measured not from the crown to the coccyx, but in full growth and is approximately 48 cm. In addition, the subcutaneous fat layer is growing, because very soon it will be necessary to protect against external influences. weeks of pregnancy - organs and systems are fully prepared for functioning outside the placenta.
Baby waiting for a meeting with the outside world
Formed villi in the intestine, i.e., peristalsis, which allows you to move along the intestines to the products of excretion. Just about connect to the digestive process of the stomach gland, including the pancreas. But the bacteria, through which the process of digestion occurs, have not yet appeared and will appear only after birth and first feeding.
The sucking device - that's what is being formed especially actively at the 39th week. The network of blood vessels appears on the mucous membrane of the mouth, so that after the birth of the child, the absorption processes take place here. While the child does not begin to suck, the salivary glands and chewing muscles are not particularly developed, but with the beginning of this process everything falls into place.
And most importantly - at the 39th week the fruit is fully ready for birth.
Pregnancy calendar 39 weeks: a woman waiting for a miracle
Add to weight more nowhere, we will stop at 11 .5 - 16 kg, collected over the previous weeks. Uterus 36 to 40 cm rose above the pubic symphysis (16-20 cm from the navel).
Pregnancy calendar: signs of childbirth
A few days before the birth, there may be signs:
- From the genital tract, the mucous plug comes out, and discharge with blood may appear;
- weight decreases slightly;
- possibly increased appetite;
- the stool becomes more fluid;
- "Instinct of nesting" - a behavior characterized by the search for a quiet place, a secluded corner.
Questions women in the last weeks of pregnancy
These questions are related to the postpartum period: how quickly weight will decrease, how the uterus will contract after childbirth, etc. In general, you can answer this: you spent a long nine months in a state after which it is not so easy to reorganize, both physiologically and psychologically, even if you were lucky enough to give birth relatively quickly and easily.
Your weight will decrease in any case, due to the fact that inside you there is no more placenta, fruit and stored water.
Allocation under the name of the lochia will linger, perhaps for several weeks. Do not confuse them only with menstrual, because at first they look like them, but then lighten and eventually stop.
The first days of the postpartum period, most likely, will be accompanied by nervousness and emotional instability. Your exhaustion is understandable, because not only the baby, you also experienced a great deal of stress. And yet, do not forget that it's not easy for people around you to see when you are not well. Fortunately, this kind of problems also do not last longer than a few weeks.
Uterus, which before birth has grown the size of a watermelon, will decrease, but the tone to it will return only after a time, after the "born" the latter. This process is accompanied by bleeding to stop it, prescribed oxytocin.
39 weeks gestation: lessons
You have certainly noticed that your breasts have increased. After childbirth, it can become even more with milk, so your old bras do not fit anymore. Therefore, it is worth taking care of this, plus prepare a few cushions in case milk is leaking.