Pregnancy Week 38 (SSW 38): When is it time for the clinic?

This is how the baby develops in the 38th week of pregnancy

In the 38th week of pregnancy your baby is about 49 centimeters tall and has a weight of almost 3 kilos. From the 38th week of gestation, the unborn child has the same developmental status as a child in the 40th week of pregnancy (40th week of pregnancy). Now fat reserves are stored and your baby relaxes until birth a little, it sleeps a lot. In the two-week pregnancy examination The gynecologist will now check, among other things, whether the Placenta is still working properly and the baby has enough amniotic fluid gets. If the care of the baby no longer works optimally, the birth is initiated or the caesarean section brought forward.

Pregnancy calendar: This happens in the 38th week of pregnancy (3rd trimester) with your body

It gets difficult. The weight weighs on you, the stomach seems huge, hands and feet swell, you sleep badly and maybe you are already afraid of the birth. Do something good for yourself! Accupuncture for birth preparation can help you, yoga for pregnant women, breathing exercises, meditation CDs, massages specifically for pregnancy?Wellness is the credo of these last weeks of pregnancy!

Is it really happening now? When is it time to go to the clinic?

Are these still practice labor or already opening labor? Many pregnant women are unsure if they should go to hospital now? After all, you do not necessarily want to be sent home again.

To find out, you can warm bath with a water temperature of about 34 degrees, because then you realize whether the contractions you are having are practice or contractions: In exercise labor contractions are less, in case of contractions stronger - and come at shorter intervals. If you want to take a midwife to the hospital, you can call her before.
If there are still 20 to 30 minutes between labor, there is still time to eat, take a bath or a shower, pack your last things for the hospital.
As the distances get smaller (about every five minutes) and the pain intensifies, you can go to the maternity clinic. Today more than half of the women come to the clinic when there is not yet time for it? So stay calm and prefer to relax a bit at home.
The contractions feel similar to Rule? or backache, In some women, the onset of labor is accompanied by some diarrhea (do not worry, it will not last!).
If you lose amniotic fluid, the birth is imminent. The amniotic sac does not burst with a sweep, but the amniotic fluid drips slowly, If it is clear and transparent, there is no reason to panic and go to the hospital immediately. Is it dyed greenish, but should you immediately go to the clinic? as explained in our article on the 37th SSW.

Did you plan a caesarean section?

In the past, planned caesarean sections were placed in the weeks leading up to the 40th week of pregnancy, and twin pregnancies still apply today. Meanwhile, one Caesarean section but deliberately shortly before the calculated date of birth in the 40th week of pregnancy made. The hospitals usually have fixed days of the week on which they plan. The feeling of simply setting the birthday of your own child is a bit strange? But a planned birth can also have the advantage of being able to travel to the delivery room together in the morning after breakfast.