Pregnancy Week 34 (SSW 34): Finally Maternity Protection!
This is how the baby develops in the 34th week of pregnancy
Your baby is already in the 34th week of pregnancy 45 cm tall and weighs 2250 grams, In this week of pregnancy, development is almost complete. If your baby is born now, it may need some medical help with breathing and nutrition. Time for baby talk? The The hearing sense of the baby will be sharpened during this pregnancy weekSo it's easier to understand what's being said. High notes take it was particularly attentive. In between, always take time to talk to your baby, because Mummy's voice loves it the most.
Increased calcium requirement
In the next weeks of pregnancy your baby has a high demand for calcium. The trace element ensures strong bones. Your child's calcium needs are now even higher than your own. Pay attention to a calcium-rich diet:
- Milk and dairy products are on the menu.
- Just like that green vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, spinach, cress and parsley.
- Nibbles and almonds nibble: Most calcium contains almonds (264 mg calcium per 100 grams), but Brazil nuts and hazelnuts are also great. Sesame as well. Our tip: You can also prepare your salad dressing with some tahin (sesame paste from the Arabian cuisine).
- oranges contain about 65 mg (per orange). Freshly squeezed, they are a great booster for the day.
Important: Foods that contain calcium guarantee a better absorption of the trace element in the body than effervescent tablets and Co.
Pregnancy calendar: This happens in the 34th week of pregnancy (3rd trimester) with your body
Pregnant women can practice the relaxation and breathing techniques of the birth preparation course during the last weeks before birth. The contractions are so overwhelmingly overwhelming for many women giving birth that they forget everything they do about the birth preparation course Pain relief through breathing and relaxation techniques have learned. Many people become so cramped in the birthing phase that it causes more labor pains and lessens the child's oxygenation.
What was sound again? It is best to practice daily from now on, so that you can retrieve your exercises at the onset of labor quite automatically. Because: Proper breathing during childbirth can relieve the birth pain!
This is how the Balloon Exercise goes
Recovery between labor: After each woe, breathe deeply into the abdomen, as if you wanted to inflate a balloon in it. So the baby gets an extra dose of oxygen.
This is how the railway exercise goes
During birth: Remember an old steam locomotive and exhale at ch, ch, ch, ch. This can help to suppress the urge to press, if the cervix is not yet completely open.
Panting, Mommy!
Just before the birthWhen the head sticks out of the vagina, you can not co-press any more. Now it's like panting like a dog, because that reduces the pressure. So that the child can be born gentler. Do not worry, your midwife will point this out to you in the hospital, birthplace or home birth.
Is your clinic bag packed? We pointed out in the 32nd week of pregnancy, what absolutely must go to the hospital.
Drink raspberry leaf tea
Many pregnant women start in the 34th week of pregnancy on the advice of their midwife Raspberry leaf tea for birth preparation drink. The tea is an old home remedy and should soften the pelvic floor and the cervix and thus the Birth a little easier do. He also has a cleansing effect. You can buy it in the pharmacy or order it in midwives shops.
Adios colleagues! Maternity protection begins?
At the latest in the 34th SSW begins the Maternity Protection and you say goodbye to your colleagues, at least for a few weeks, months or even years. The pregnancy has become so exhausting that most pregnant women are happy about it. The next weeks until birth, then you can relax properly again? or let your nest construction run wild?
