By the thirtieth week, already fatigued by pregnancy, especially if you are having trouble sleeping. You are more clumsy than usual, and this is perfectly understandable. It is not just that your weight is generally increased, but that the center of gravity has shifted due to the large abdomen. In addition, due to the hormonal changes relax ligaments and joints that help maintain balance, have become weaker. Because of this relaxation of ligaments of the foot are slightly wider, so you have to buy larger shoes.
As your child grows
The length of your child's body is now about 39 cm, the weight of about 1, 4 kg. It is surrounded by about 0, 7 liters of amniotic fluid, but its volume will decrease as the baby gets bigger and bigger and take up much space in the uterus. His vision continues to evolve, even though he is not very interested in it; even after he is born, he spent most of the day will keep your eyes closed. Opening my eyes now, he responds to changes in light conditions; this feature of toddlers and stored for some time after birth. It should be remembered that every child, even in the womb develops somewhat like everyone else; This information provides only a general idea about child development.
How to change your life
Sudden mood swings, which bring considerable discomfort in early pregnancy, can now return. Now this is not only due to hormonal changes, but significant physical changes, as well as the upcoming birth. Experience anxiety and doubts about childbirth and motherhood - is perfectly normal. However, if you can not handle this on their own, perhaps you're one of the approximately 10% of pregnant women who experience depression
Depression - a little more than a bad mood
during pregnancy. Be sure to talk about this with your doctor - you may need professional help.
Common fears associated with childbirth
30th week of pregnancy - a time when fears concerning labor, begin to manifest itself in full force. The most common ones:
- Inability to cope with pain
One in five pregnant women is recognized, it is - her greatest fear in the last weeks of pregnancy. Some women tell their doctors in advance about the desire to use the drug during labor analgesia, and, indeed, most of them have to do an epidural. Others are going to give birth without any pain medications, but it is not always possible. Much depends on the pain threshold of a woman, her psychological state, as well as a doctor - someone willing to make patients anesthesia, and someone manages to dissuade them from doing so. In any case, should not be afraid: childbirth - a natural process and nature has done its best to cope with it on their own.
- The need for episiotomy and tears
Episiotomy - a surgical incision between the vagina and the anus, which is made in order to facilitate delivery and reduce the chance of injury in a child. In some women, the gaps in this area occur spontaneously, sometimes even in spite of the episiotomy. Breaks can be both minor and deep, requiring a long recovery. Once episiotomy done very often, but now experts agree that it should be done only when reasonably necessary. To reduce the likelihood of explosions, five weeks before birth it is recommended to begin to massage the perineum.
- Defecation during childbirth
In a recent survey it was found that 70% of women are afraid that they will defecate during childbirth. In fact, it happens to about 30% of pregnant women, and only one in five of them hesitate or even notice what happened. If a woman during childbirth begins defecation, the staff simply removes feces, and she a woman in labor does not always pay attention to it, because at this time occupied by more important issues.
Status of women in the 30th week of pregnancy
Trouble on the part of the digestive system going: heartburn and constipation can not be completely overcome. Shortness of breath is still small and mostly during exercise. To all this, a woman accustomed to, and little things can no longer spoil her mood. A good mood is mainly because the woman talking with her baby, he constantly reminds himself strokes arms and legs stomach mother.
During this period, the woman should follow tips that gives her obstetrician-gynecologist of female consultation: a balanced diet with the exception of products that can cause weight gain or fluid retention, a combination of the active motor mode with the rest, the maximum stay in the fresh air with a full bed
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night. It's not just words, if you do not perform all of this, the child can suffer. The main danger for him at this period of pregnancy - a lack of oxygen, or hypoxia.
The child's condition on the 30th week of pregnancy
The weight of the baby for about 1200-1400 g, length - 38-39 cm. Increasing weight and maturity of the placenta, the umbilical cord grows and becomes longer, the number of amniotic fluid increases - by the end of this week, there will be approximately 600 ml.
The child developed all the organs and systems - they are ready by the time the light or to extrauterine existence. Improving the work of the digestive glands (after all, they will have to digest the mother's milk), continues to grow fat (it will retain heat for the baby), work all the endocrine glands gradually matures into the alveoli of lung surfactant (it will easily dealt with the first breath).
At this point, the intensive development of the baby vital oxygen. If oxygen gets to it not enough, it develops a condition called fetal hypoxia. Hypoxia may occur at various violations of the structure of the placenta and its blood flow, gestosis, anemia during pregnancy, exposure to toxins, including certain medicines.
With a lack of oxygen affects all organs of the fetus, but especially affects the state of the brain. Prolonged hypoxia may cause severe disorders of the baby's brain that lead to violations of their physical and psychological development. Therefore, in the III trimester of pregnancy is of particular importance given to the prevention, detection and treatment of fetal hypoxia.
Signs of fetal hypoxia is a violation of the frequency and rhythm of the fetal heart rate (frequency initially accelerates and then slows down), the sonority of his heart tones (tones sounding at first and then become deaf), decreased motility of the fetus.
Suspected fetal hypoxia obstetrician can have during a regular inspection of the pregnant woman - when listening to the heartbeat of the fetus. At the same time the woman can not feel any of those changes. If you suspect that fetal hypoxia appoint a number of additional studies:
- cardiotocography (CTG), during which detailed the work is estimated fetal heart;
- aktografiya - definition of fetal movement by recording his movements by means of ultrasound;
- Ultrasonic dopplegografiya - study of the volume and speed of blood flow in blood vessels, uterus, fetal umbilical cord;
- laboratory tests - complete blood count
Complete blood count how to understand why taking blood from a finger
(it will eliminate anemia), and various biochemical studies, allowing accurate diagnosis.
In order to eliminate hypoxia, you must first ascertain the cause of its occurrence. If this anemia is treated anemia if preeclampsia - that preeclampsia. But in any case, a woman in fetal hypoxia necessarily need to stop smoking, reception of alcoholic beverages (including beer) and any medication taken alone.
The treatment includes compliance with the woman the correct mode of the day and a balanced diet. Furthermore, it is prescribed oxygen therapy, drugs that enhance blood flow, including the placenta, and Drugs, positively affecting metabolism
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.
To prevent fetal hypoxia with unpredictable consequences for his health, a woman should always be observed obstetrician-gynecologist of female consultation, to comply with its recommendations on the mode of the day and food. If necessary, it should also be prescribed by a doctor to conduct additional diagnostic tests.
Galina Romanenko
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