"Your baby now weighs nearly 875g and measures 36.6cm from head to toe. His eyes open and close, he sleeps and wakes at regular intervals and he may suck a finger or thumb. Sweet dreams, little baby! Some experts believe that babies begin to dream by the 28th week. What do they dream about? No one knows for certain but the brain is active this week as well. The characteristic grooves on the brain's surface start to appear and more brain tissue develops. You may be detecting rhythmic movements, which is simply your baby having an attack of the hiccups. They are common this week and throughout your pregnancy. Your baby is breathing in amniotic fluid rather than air and an episode usually lasts momentarily. The sensation for you may be strange, but not unpleasant. Since your uterus (womb) is now up near your rib cage, you may now find yourself short of breath if you haven't already. Starting now and continuing through the last three months of pregnancy, you may be plagued by leg cramps, haemorrhoid's, varicose veins and an itchy abdomen. Are pregnancy discomforts getting you down? Try some natural remedies to perk you up. If a blood test for your rhesus status found you to be RhD negative earlier in pregnancy, you'll probably be tested for antibodies this week or next. These may be present in your blood if your baby is RhD-positive, and you'll have what's called an anti-D injection to combat the incompatibility. You may be offered a repeat injection at 36 weeks. !
Oh yes definitely get short of breath, especially by the evening lol. I've noticed over the last few days my legs tend to ache a lot more. Too many up and down stairs trips kill them, and makes me pant lol.
My tummy seems to be going out more, if that makes sense. 43 inches just measured it hehe.
Next midwife appointment is 2nd Dec, seeing Debbie again unless they change it.
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