35th Week of Pregnancy
35th Week of Pregnancy
By 35th week of pregnancy your weight gain should be around 24 to 29 pounds. Each pregnancy is different therefore do not compare your weight and your baby’s growth with others. If you have some apprehensions and worries regarding this, discuss your concerns with your health care provider.
As you proceed further in pregnancy, your baby starts descending down in pelvis. This process or time during late pregnancy when the fetal head begins to descend into the mother’s pelvis, resulting in a lessening of pressure on the diaphragm is called lightening. Diaphragm is a curved muscular membrane that separates abdomen from area around lungs. This will give you relief from shortness of breath you were experiencing because of pressure on diaphragm due to increasing uterus. However your baby is now putting more pressure on your bladder and your restroom trips will increase as a result.
Your baby is around 17 to 18 inches long and her weight is between 5 ½ to 6 pounds. Your baby’s kidneys are properly developed and other major organs like liver have also matured and it can process waste too. His bones are getting stronger. Now your health care provider will tell you to visit him/her once a week till the time of your delivery.
Your health care provider may check you for GBS (Group B Streptococci). This is a vaginal and rectal culture to find out bacterial infection. If you are carrying these bacteria then you will be given IV antibiotics during delivery. It can reduce the chances of your baby contacting blood infection, pneumonia or meningitis during birth.
Some of the old friends heartburn, cramps, swelling on legs, feet, hands and face will give you company for couple of more weeks. As there is lesser space in your uterus for your baby to move around, you will probably not experience your baby’s aerobics. You will have to monitor your baby’s movements by counting her kicks and punches. You should be able to count 10 kicks or swishes of your baby in two hours.
Sit down in the comfortable chair with good support or lie down on your side with hands on your stomach at the time of the day when your baby is generally very active. If you find your baby is less active, then contact your health care provider or wait for some time and count again. If you feel that your baby’s activity level has gone down in past two days, then contact your health care provider immediately so that he/she can decide further course of action to be taken.
If your partner wants to accompany you at the time of your delivery, ask your health care provider regarding use of camera. Many hospitals allow video recording and taking photographs during delivery. If your hospital allows more than one person to accompany you during delivery, ask one of your friends or family members to be there to give you support.
Be prepared to welcome your baby with her loved ones around.
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