Pregnancy Week 29 – Time To Check Fetal Kick Count

The child growth during the third trimester is very rapid because within few weeks he/she has to enter into the new world.

Check and record each and every movement of your baby inside the womb. You need to observe the kicks and movements of your baby inside your womb.

You can buy the fetal kick monitor to record the kicks for every hour. If you observe any change in the movements of your baby, then immediately inform to your health care provider.

There are some changes that take place in you and your baby during this week.

What are the physical changes that occur in your body during pregnancy week 29?

If you are a working woman, from this week onwards you will feel little more discomfort to work. This is the time to make necessary arrangements for the maternity leave in order to stay away from any undesired hassles.

By this week, on average you will gain the weight of 20-24 pounds.

You will experience few discomforts like pregnancy constipation [constipation during pregnancy] and heartburn. You need to suffer from the breathing problems for the remaining period until your child birth.

Some other issues that you will suffer from include: hemorrhoids due to the increased size of the uterus and gas problems due to decreased digestion and over crowding in your abdomen.

Care you need to take during pregnancy week 29:

• If you feel that hemorrhoid [hemorrhoids relief]are itchy, then apply a cold compress or hot pad i.e. medicated with a slight witch hazel on the concerned area.
• Continue doing the exercises. Walking is essential that can make you to feel more energetic.
• Practice the workouts that help in strengthening your abdominal muscles that support your back. At this time, don’t practice the workouts, which need to lie down on your back.
• Don’t overdo the workouts as they can damage your baby’s brain.
• Take iron and calcium supplements regularly. You need to get 30 milligrams of iron each day because iron deficiency is the most common problem during the pregnancy.

What are the changes that occur in the fetus during pregnancy week 29?

• By this week, your baby is about the size of 15½-16½ inches long and weighs about 2.5 pounds.
• By this time, your baby will get fat nearly 3.5% of their overall body weight.
• The baby starts to build certain essential blood components.
• The baby has well developed hair on his/her head by this week.
• By this week, your baby’s head is in proportion to the rest of the body.
• Your little ones brain can control the primitive breathing and his/her own body temperature.

Fact for pregnancy week 29:

Do you know about the drug pitocin? This is a drug used to accelerate the labor process. This is used in 1/3rd of all the births.

Pitocin causes hard labor from the onset. This causes to induce frequent and regular contractions from the beginning, different from natural labor. But, it is essential that when you take the drug, you must be under your doctor’s observation to monitor the reactions to the drug.

Are you planning or deciding whether or not to breastfeed? There are various benefits of breastfeeding such as: breastfeeding regulates the production of hormone that helps you to relax, oxytocin is a hormone that is produced from breastfeeding and it increases the uterine contractions to reduce vaginal bleeding after the birth and you will lose the weight that you have gained during the pregnancy.

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