You'll finally see your baby
It is the ninth month of pregnancy, it's almost the end of your long journey! You want this pregnancy ends, your baby too!
He is anxious to get out of his cockpit increasingly close to finally see this world around him and he hears the sounds.
This month is all about weight gain. Normally, your baby is three kilos and more ...
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Weeks of the ninth month
37 38 39 40
The 37th week of gestation (the ninth month of pregnancy)
The baby
Its size is 45 cm. Its weight is 2 kg 400. The diameter of his head is 9.2 cm.
The lanugo, the fine hairs covering the body, begins to disappear. He does everything to fit into so little space: legs and arms crossed, knees on his stomach.
The mother
You probably feeling in lower stomach weight, tightness and widespread pain. The pain is due to the relaxation of the joints.
The pelvic joints begin to separate. This spacing pulled ligaments and painfully felt is not the mother.
Your hips are extended. The weight that sometimes leans heavily in the lower abdomen is the baby who begins to descend into the pelvis.
The 38th week of gestation (the ninth month of pregnancy)
The baby
Its size is 46.5 cm. Its weight is 2 kg 650. The diameter of his head is 9.3 cm.
The lanugo has now disappeared. Her skin is more wrinkled, it is now quite plump.
Since the beginning of the third quarter, he received the mother's antibodies that will protect against disease.
The mother
Your center of gravity changes yet, by the way, your spine is deformed to balance the weight. You are prone to bumping around.
The 39th week of gestation (the ninth month of pregnancy)
The baby
Its size is 48 cm. It weighs about 2 kg 900. The diameter of the head is around 9.4 cm.
Vernix which covered the baby's skin in a thick layer was partly detached and float as flakes in the liquid, if left on his skin is to facilitate its passage.
It does not move as it is now too big and too big. It has more room to move.
The mother
You may at any time to leave for maternity. If the delivery is normally the 40th week of gestation, it may take place between the 38th and 41st weeks.
Contractions become more regular and closer together, then nothing: delivery is not yet for today.
Loss of water, regular contractions, close and do not stop: Here are the major warning signs of childbirth.
The 40th week of gestation (the ninth month of pregnancy)
The baby
Its size is 50 cm. It weighs 3 kg 300. The diameter of his head is 9.5 cm. This is the largest circumference of all body parts.
His reflexes are perfect. His fingernails grew well, The cord is almost as big as him. It is very tight.
The mother
You arrive at the end of your pregnancy. By the end of this week, you'll finally see this baby with whom you live for 9 months.
When you feel your very first contractions and if this is your first child, you can take a hot bath before you leave for maternity.
This is the last week and the baby would arrive. If he remained until now, the baby has saved the maximum forces for its release.
If you exceed the term:
- you will have to follow more regularly by your doctor.
- you must go to the maternity every day or every other day depending on the circumstances.