38 Weeks Pregnant
By Sarah on Mar 19, 2011 with Comments 0
This is the stage of your baby when the development of your baby is completed and he is about to come in this world. Once the baby’s head is descended and bind to the pelvis, you will feel a change in shape of your bump. This may not be the case with women having their second or third baby as the baby descends by the time of labor in such cases.
Development in 38 Weeks Pregnancy
By this time the most prominent growth that is taking place is the laying down of fat under your baby’s skin. This will keep going until the time of labor. The heart of your baby is now beating at 110-160 beats a minute. Your baby will have about 300 bones by this time. Don’t be surprised, many of them will merge into each other over time and the numbers will become 206.
Appearance
By this time the fluffy lanugo covering most of the skin of the baby has now fallen away with small amount of lanugo still on the back and shoulder areas. The body is still covered with the white greasy vernix.
Movement
The movements of your baby are not as energetic as these were for the past few weeks but still he is active. He has his knees now curled up and his chin is now pushed onto his chest. Researchers are of the view that since the 23rd week of pregnancy, the babies normally have rapid eye movement (REM) sleep which suggests that the babies are dreaming. This has a good impact on the brain. Also, a baby sleep 6p percent of the total day time means a lot of dreaming and a rapid growth in brain cell.
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