Mama & Baby Basics
So Beautiful!
Mama 32 - 35 Weeks
Can you feel?
- Baby's feet jammed in your ribs
- Pressure in your cervix as baby stretches down
- A waddle in your walk
- Loose joints as your body produces relaxins to help widen the pelvis for easier delivery
Typical physical symptoms
- Feeling Braxton Hicks contractions
- Colostrum leakage in breasts
- Constipation
- Heartburn
- Indigestion
- Bloating
- Bleeding gums
- Leg cramps
- Swelling
- Hemorrhoids
- Lower back and leg pain
Baby 32 - 35 Weeks
By the end of your 8th month your baby:
- Is about 18 - 20 long
- Can weigh between 5 and 6 pounds
- Gaining about 1/2 pound per week, mostly in fat deposits
- May do more twisting and wriggling and less kicking as his space is getting tighter
- May have moved head down
- Sleeps through regular periods of REM and deep sleep
- Baby's brain is growing rapidly
- Most of the internal organs are fully developed (although the lungs may need more time)
- Baby hiccups