35 weeks of pregnancy are the middle of the third trimester. The period when the woman already begins to prepare for the birth of the long-awaited child. There comes the moment of expectation and a disturbing state, kind of childbirth did not begin ahead of time.
How many months of pregnancy on the 35th week?
Very often time frames which are specified by the obstetrician-gynecologist differ from terms which to herself were counted by future mom. At the same time both options of calculation are considered as correct. And distinctions occur for several reasons:
The obstetrician-gynecologist considers the beginning of pregnancy not from the moment of an estimated ovulation and conception, and from the moment of the beginning of the last periods before pregnancy. To the beginning of monthly there is a maturing of an ovum which was impregnated. The woman begins calculation approximately with the middle of a cycle when she assumes an ovulation. Respectively already at this stage there is a difference in terms about two weeks. There are even concepts of obstetric and embryonic terms.
Obstetric month consists exactly of four weeks. As a result since the beginning of the last periods until childbirth there pass exactly 280 days or 10 obstetric months. Future mother, as a rule, watches term according to the usual calendar. As a result for the doctor the term of pregnancy is 8 months and 3 days, and for the woman already there came the ninth month of pregnancy.
How does the child in 35 weeks look?
On this term all bodies of the kid are created for a long time and now there is his active growth and a set of muscle and fat bulk. Though each child also is individual, but on this term all of them have approximately identical growth. Norm — about 45 centimeters. The kid already has quite big weight — about 2 kilograms 400 grams. The child's sizes approach norms of the newborn closer and closer. Now the fruit by the sizes and weight can be compared to a head of cabbage of red cabbage.
On term in 35 weeks the kid has following changes:
- On all body almost completely disappears lanugo. Now the child's skin clean is also covered only with first-born lubricant.
- Nails on fingers of hands and legs slowly grow and become longer.
- Now the kid actively accumulates subcutaneous fat. As a result the child begins to gain more rounded and chubby shapes.
- Skull bones on this term have to remain soft that on the appointed day to go without problems on patrimonial ways.
- Eyes of the kid gain blue color. Melanin in a cornea is formed after the birth only after a while. Now color of eyes can vary from gray to dark blue.
- The child on the term of 35 weeks already settles down in a uterus-headed down. But if doctors diagnosed pelvic presentation when the child is located in other situation, then you should not be upset. If the weight and all other indicators allow, then natural childbirth is possible and quite widely practices. But if there is a risk to damage a fruit, then it is better to agree to Cesarean section.
Amplitude of movements is reduced because of what free space at the kid becomes less.
The kid seems already quite created, but he is not ready to be born yet. And if at this stage of pregnancy fights begin, then experts will try not to allow in all ways childbirth. If for some reason childbirth does not manage to be stopped, then you should not panic. With high probability the child will not even need any additional equipment.
Feelings of the pregnant woman on the 35th week
35 week are the middle of the third trimester. The period when the woman though already also is on an official maternity leave, but all the same strongly is tired. The stomach already quite big is also strongly stuck out forward. To the woman hard long time to go and do any household chores.
The increase in weight on this term already averages about 12 kg. But also cases when the body weight of future mother increases by the bigger number of kilograms are frequent. Especially raised weekly increase in weight is characteristic of women who expect twins.
In addition future mom can have the following feelings:
- Pain and the pulling feelings in a pubic bone because of the elevated pressure of a uterus.
- Because of a pot-belly the woman cannot make some, apparently, simple actions. For example, some pregnant women on the term of 35 weeks are not capable even to tie independently to themselves laces. Support of the spouse on that term is very important.
- Feeling of concern and fear. Though hormones at this stage also ceased, but the woman should overcome childbirth and concern from approach of this stage in life does not release the woman.
- On the ninth month it is already quite difficult to woman to accept a convenient pose for a dream. Filling up on a stomach she forgot for a long time. The prone position on a back is also inadmissible because the child can peredavlivat a large vessel — the lower hollow vein. There are provisions on one side. Well special pillows for pregnant women in the form of a sickle or a horseshoe help.
- Small hypostases and weight in legs can be considered norm on this term. But anyway it is necessary to tell about their existence to the doctor who conducts pregnancy.
35 week of pregnancy are a time when at the woman the nesting period can begin. There is an insuperable requirement something to change in the apartment, to make repair, shift or to change an interior. Future mom wants to add a cosiness to the house where there will live already very soon the child.
False and training contractions
Among all possible feelings, on this term the woman is concerned most of all by existence of fights. There are two types of fights on this term: false contractions and training fights of Braxton Higgs. They differ from real in the fact that are painless in case of training, or have absolutely weak pain in case of false contractions. Their purpose — a training and preparation of a uterus for the forthcoming childbirth. False contractions also promote smoothing and shortening of a neck of the uterus. To distinguish them from the presents quite easily:
- False contractions are localized only in the bottom of a stomach. The real fights are characterized by painful spasms on all area of a stomach.
- Pain from false contractions low. Can pass completely if just to lay down and have a rest. If childbirth, then neither rest, nor massage began, nor a warm shower will not help pain to cease.
- The number of false contractions does not exceed 5 for an hour. Labor pains every hour become more frequent.
- Their randomness is characteristic of false contractions. The real fights only amplify each time, their duration increases, and intervals between fights decrease.
Recommendations for future mom
The woman on this term has to watch the state carefully. Flu and cold are extremely undesirable now. Childbirth, and the weakened organism in this case to anything very soon will begin. Cough can provoke pain in a stomach. And if childbirth begins when the woman is sick, then she can be placed in the separate block and not let at once after the delivery to the child.
In 35 weeks of stir of the kid can be very painful. The kid inadvertently can hit future mom under edges. To calm the played child, it is possible to stroke him through a stomach or to turn on the quiet music.
The stomach can already fall. If it occurred, then it is sign that the child gradually falls below and below and gets ready for childbirth. You should not be frightened it. The period between lowering of a stomach and childbirth can be quite big. The same concerns also a stopper. The woman can see how together with usual allocations slime clots begin to leave. It is also a stopper. Its otkhozhdeniye can last several weeks and this process does not mean at all that very soon there will be labor pains. But after the stopper departed, the woman should not have sex not to bring an infection.
Now future mom has to watch the psychoemotional a state and not allow a stress. It is better to prepare for a meeting with the kid and to enjoy pregnancy.