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Pregnancy Calendar : Week 40
How Big is your Baby
Congratulations! If you have not gone into labor yet, then you have successfully carried your baby to full term. Your baby will be weighing in at around 3.462kg (7.63 pounds) and measuring 51.2cm (20.16 inches).
How big are you
Your uterus now sits about 16-20 cm above your bellybutton and about 36-40cm above your pubic symphysis.
What to do when you begin labor
When the first signs of labor set in, you will want to do the following while you wait to arrive at the hospital:
At the beginning of each contraction, take a deep breath, exhale slowly
Get up and move about. This may help distract you from the pain, and it may also help relieve the lower back pain you will be feeling.
Get your partner to message your shoulders, neck, back and feet.
Take a warm shower or bath.
Congratulations! Your pregnancy will now be
drawing to an end. Your family has none grown by one, two
or even perhaps three. The birth of a child is a life changing
experience, both for good and perhaps for bad, as you will
not have a good nights sleep for years to come! There is one
certainty from all of this: The sleepless nights will become
less, and your love for your children will grow in leaps and
bounds, and no one, no one, can ever replace them to you,
or you to them.
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