The development of your baby –
Umbilical cords help to carry nutrition from the placenta to the baby’s system. This umbilical cord will vary in length as well as width but on an average it is usually 22 inches long and 1 inch thick. In very sad situations there are chances when your baby’s neck might get wrapped in the umbilical cord. This normally does not cause tremendous problem but in certain cases it might causes more pressure than the mother can bare while delivering her child. In that case a different kind of procedure has to be followed for delivering the baby. A true knot however is the one that can prove to be fatal in the case of your child but this occurs very rarely and the chances of it arising is only 1% of all pregnancies. By now the vernix or at least most of it which protected your baby’s skin has disappeared and so has the lanugo. You have been supplying your baby’s body with antibodies from your own via the placenta. This should help your baby’s immune system to be strong and well equipped to fight against diseases for at least the first few months of life. Of course this duration can last till a year too.
The development of your body –
During this week, you will be experiencing the Braxton Hicks contractions more often. These contractions are also named false labour and are often as bad and painful as the real contractions but they are not as frequent or regular as true labour contractions are. There is another sign of labour that you need to be aware of. You might experience the rupture of your amniotic sac anytime now. Then this amniotic sac breaks, some women will feel a gush of water rushing out while others would only feel a trickle. However, most women do not realize the break of their amniotic sac unless they are already in labour. Some others who do not experience a water break at all need their doctors to break it for them so as to accelerate labour. If you think your water has broken or you want to know more about it, call your gynecologist now and find out all you need to.
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