The eighth month of pregnancy

We touch the goal: baby arrives in a few weeks and everyone is preparing for childbirth!Take time for us, future mother, with the start of maternity leave.

Our 31st week of pregnancy: the last ultrasound of the fetus

Baby measures 39 cm from head to heels, for 1, 700 kg.He reacts to our caresses and responds with small kicks!

For us, if it was not made at the end of the seventh month, this is the time of the third and last ultrasound.We feel the baby's weight and you have trouble sitting without feeling discomfort.Courage !Our maternity leave is close!No worries if new pains appear, especially in our chest: our breasts are preparing for breastfeeding.We gain more and more weight and take care to keep a healthy diet since constipation, bloating, acidic and nausea lifts are always there.

Our 32nd week of pregnancy: how to adapt the diet of the pregnant woman?

Our baby's skin, although it was churriced, has left its red color to become pink.Its nails now cover your fingertips but not yet the tips of the toes.Her hair starts to push.Its calcium needs are enormous to continue growing and strengthening your bones: also, you do not skimp on dairy products, and other sources of calcium (sardines, nuts, green vegetables).Especially since our organization is asking for it too!

What weight average for baby when the eighth month begins?

Our baby measures 40, 5 cm and weighs 1, 900 kg.Its brain and immune system are almost completely developed.At the end of the month, it will be the turn of its respiratory system and its liver to be almost ready!Even if it is still a little too early for baby to go out, a delivery at this moment would make him an average premature, with therefore less risks than before his health.We do not hesitate to ask absolutely all the questions that come to the head during the sixth prenatal exam!

We do not forget to send our certificate of work stoppage, filled and signed by our employer, to Social Security.If we want to breastfeed afterwards, it's time to adapt our diet: proteins, calcium, vitamins d, vitamins c...We do not skimp on fruits, vegetables and lenses for example!All, of course, always with very great hydration.

Our 33rd week of pregnancy: Baby takes a stand in our belly!

Baby turns around and place his head downstairs.It exceeded 2 kg and measures 40, 5 cm.The fetus begins to be cramped and moves a little as the previous month.He often makes sucking movements and swallows a lot of amniotic fluid, which his organism then rejects in the form of urine.It's time for us to start our maternity leave.We also have to pass during the 8th month the consultation of the anesthesiologist in order to practice a blood report and to make a vaginal sample in the laboratory for the search for streptococcus B, a bacteria potentially dangerous for baby in the event of childbirth by childbirthlow -road.

How to sleep and in what position?

Our uterus, whose height reaches 30 cm, weighs 1 kg more than before our pregnancy.Our backs are bursting, the skin of our belly tugs, the bones of our basin go away in anticipation of childbirth, and we, we have a little pain!With our heavy legs, and potentially water retention, we don't stay too long...These pains and discomforts are also present at night and it is unfortunately increasingly difficult to find a comfortable position to rest.

Our 34th week of pregnancy: the end of the 8th month and possible first contractions

Our eighth month ends soon.Baby now weighs 2, 200 kg for 43 cm from head to heels.He urinates regularly, and drinks the amniotic fluid just as regularly!At this stage, the ovaries of little girls have still not descended into the abdomen.

On our side, we can feel some serious contractions.We take advantage of your maternity leave to rest as much.We limit the efforts, and we do not hesitate to unload ourselves as much as possible on his daily around!It is time to have always ready his maternity suitcase with our clothes, those of baby, family book, identity card, blood group, the results of previous analyzes and small objects that weDo good!Watch out for contractions: work can start at any time!