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Learn more about our editorial and medical review policies. It may come sooner than you think, especially if you experience a heads-up in the form of your mucus plug or bloody show. View video transcript. At about seven pounds and 21 inches long on average, your bun in the oven is now a fully cooked loaf of bread.
Wondering where it all goes? Once the vernix and lanugo are shed into the surrounding amniotic fluid your baby ingests them along with other waste products such as bile, urine, and old cells. These all percolate in those teeny intestines, ultimately winding up in his diaper as the very first, very dark green, and very sticky poop known as meconium.
As baby prepares for life in on the outside, the placenta — his lifeline in this underwater world — starts to slowly deteriorate. Not to worry — it still has plenty of life left to sustain your little one until the big day.
If you're 38 weeks pregnant, you're in month 9 of your pregnancy. Only a few weeks left to go! Still have questions? Here's some more information on how weeks, months and trimesters are broken down in pregnancy.
Your little one isn't quite so little anymore, weighing about 7 pounds and measuring 20 inches in length, give or take an inch or two.
Only two more weeks — four max — before your baby makes her appearance! At 38 weeks pregnant, all systems are almost go!
As you prepare for baby's ETA, she's getting ready too, big-time, and continues to shed vernix and lanugo. Your baby is also swallowing amniotic fluid, some of which winds up in her intestines, where it — along with other shed cells, bile and waste products — will turn into your baby's first bowel movement meconium and perhaps your first diaper change. Her lungs are still maturing and producing more and more surfactant, a substance that prevents the air sacs in the lungs from sticking to each other once she starts to breathe.
Most other changes this week are small but important: She's continuing to add fat and fine-tune her brain and nervous system — that way, she can deal with all the stimulation that awaits her once she makes her entrance into the world.
Two weeks and counting — unless, of course, your little bean decides to make a late entrance. Just as your baby is preparing for life outside the womb, at 38 weeks pregnant, your body is tending to its own final touches before the big day.
Some you're aware of, like your baby dropping into your pelvis — easier breathing, more pelvic pressure — and others you're probably not, like cervical dilation and effacement. While you're waiting for your baby to arrive, think of these last weeks as a dress rehearsal for life with your new arrival. Sleepless nights, a little anxiety and leaky breasts. Leaky breasts? Yes, it's true: Many pregnant women find that they start leaking colostrum — a thin, yellowish liquid that's the precursor to breast milk — sometime in the third trimester.
Full of antibodies that protect your newborn, it has more protein and less fat and sugar, which is better for baby's digestive system than the milk that arrives later. If you are leaking colostrum, you may want to consider wearing nursing pads in your bra to protect your clothes — and get used to it, since this is just foreshadowing of what's to come.
Not all women experience it, though. If not, no need to fret — your breasts are still producing colostrum for your baby when the time comes if you plan to breastfeed. Have visions of yourself, newly delivered domestic goddess, whipping up gourmet meals in those postpartum weeks? Dream on. Cooking will be the last thing on your mind or your to-do list during those first few weeks — or even months — after delivery. To avoid eating cereal for dinner every night, plan ahead. Stock your freezer now with individually packaged, simple heat-and-serve options that you can get on the table in a flash.
Label carefully, so you won't be left with UFOs unidentified frozen objects. Good candidates for the freezer include hearty soups, stews, casseroles and mini meatloaves. Or if you love to bake, stash away several trays of bran muffins — trust us, they'll come in handy. Make sure all the items you stashed in your hospital bag still fit you.
The PJs you bought at 30 weeks may now be too snug. And do you still like the snacks you packed? Walking is easy on your knees and ankles, which makes it one of the best exercises during pregnancy. And there's another benefit to walking — though at this point, it might be better termed "waddling.
Speaking of labor, there are those who swear that a long walk can actually bring on contractions. Wondering about a symptom you have? Find it on our pregnancy symptoms page. Unfortunately, serious problems , like preeclampsia , can strike at the end of pregnancy.
Be on the lookout for symptoms that warrant a call to your doctor or midwife. There's nothing better than coming home to a clean house with your new baby! See what other parents wish they had known about preparing for a newborn. BabyCenter's editorial team is committed to providing the most helpful and trustworthy pregnancy and parenting information in the world.
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