Pregnancy week 27 (SSW 27)? Elephant feet?
This is how the baby develops in the 27th week of pregnancy
In the pregnancy week 27, the baby is in the Vertex-heel length about 36 inches long and weighs about 900 to 1000 grams, The calculated delivery date in SSW 40 is 13 weeks. The physical proportions of the fetus have now adapted and it almost seems like a newborn on ultrasound.
Babies brain develops
The development in the 27th SSW is mainly due to the Change in brain structure embossed. Until now, the unborn child's brain had a smooth surface, and now the typical furrows of the brain are formed. The brain activity of the child increases, Scientists suspect that the baby from this week already has his first dreams.
The lungs need to mature
What will happen in the next few weeks is, for example, the Maturation of the lungs, Although their organic training in the 27th SSW is almost finished, but there is still a sufficient amount of the so-called surfactant, This is indispensable for the protection and cleaning mechanism of the bronchi because it ensures that the alveoli do not stick when breathing. In order for the baby in the case of a premature birth does not get breathing problems, pregnant women who feel premature labor, in addition to contractions Cortisone injectedwhich further stimulates the child's lung maturation.
Pregnancy calendar: This happens in the 27th week of pregnancy (2nd trimester) with your body
In the 27th SSW, the second trimester is almost done! Many pregnant women are now suffering Water retention (edema), They are noticeable in many parts of the body, like more pronounced in the legs, feet and hands. Even the face looks rounder than before? apart from the stomach.
Our tips against water retention in pregnancy
- Do not sit or stand for too long.
- Live the love of sneakers? High shoes can wear the others.
- More often the Put your legs up: Keep your legs higher than your pelvis. Thus, the stored water can flow away in the direction of the fuselage. Try it for 20 minutes.
- Salt should not necessarily be reducedbut consumed as usual. A reduction of salt would rather promote the development of edema and possibly provoke a salt deficiency in the body.
- tights Support the veins and help to reduce water retention.
- Dear in the shade! Women whose birth date falls in the summer, the should avoid the plump sun.
- No stinging nettle in pregnancy, because it has a laxative effect and can reduce the blood volume.
- Easy movement (Swimming, cycling or yoga) helps.
Small consolation: In the weeks after birth, the excess fluid is excreted from the body again. Not immediately after birth, but in the weeks after.
