OK, well the belly is growing rapidly now and I’m getting slower….finding it harder to walk long distances and get puffed quite quickly. I’ve been meaning to go swimming in the mornings but just haven’t had time. I started swimming yesterday morning, though, and plan to swim every morning from now on. It helps to have a week off work to start finding time for such things. My belly button is threatening to turn into an outtie too. The midwife appointment on Monday showed that everything was fine. My blood pressure was very low because the midwife took it while I was lying down!
Info from Birth.com.au:
You are now 34 weeks pregnant, which is the beginning of week 35. Your baby has grown to be about 46 cm long and approximately 2,350 grams in weight. During the next 6 weeks or so, your baby’s main task is to gain weight and grow a little larger, as well as build up their immune system, which is obtained from you passing blood antibodies through the placenta. Babies born around 34 to 35 weeks normally do quite well, but are still regarded as ‘mildly preterm’, generally requiring some time in the intensive care nursery. This could be for observation, monitoring, possibly small amounts of oxygen for a few hours (or days), obtaining warmth in a humidicrib and perhaps nourishment from a drip in their vein and/or milk feeds down a tube into their stomach, if they tire quickly when feeding.
