CELEBRATE LIFE CELEBRATE PREGNANCY BY PARINITA ROHRRA WEEK 38 Congratulations—your pregnancy has reached full-term, which basically falls anywhere between weeks 38 and 42; your due date is simply the midpoint of this time period. Soon, you'll be able to hold your baby in your arms, look into her eyes, and welcome her into the world. She's between five and nine pounds now, and all her organ systems are in place. She has shed most of her lanugo and greasy vernix coating, both of which she'll actually ingest, along with some amniotic fluid; her body will turn this strange concoction into a dark, tarry stool called meconium. Her lungs and vocal chords are ready to wail—a sound you'll hear once she makes her entrance. Yow! If you feel a sort of lightening bolt running up and down your legs (and in your crotch), don’t freak out. At 38 weeks, baby’s probably sitting pretty low in your pelvis, which means he’s bumping into all kinds of nerves down there -- including some pretty sensitive ones you might not know you had. Be on the lookout for signs of labor, including contractions that come on stronger, at more regular intervals, and the “bloody show.” It could happen any day now -- or it might not be for a few weeks. Until then, try to relax. SUBSCRIBE OUR CHANNEL FOR REGULAR UPDATES: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=f3infojunction Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FirstFrameFilms Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/FirstFrameFilms

• published: 13 Feb 2015
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