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37weeks

mcm by mcm Young Parent(August 2008) (rank 4th)

Now full term your baby's organs are fully formed. Your baby will spend the rest of its time in the womb getting fatter and forming suffacant in the lungs to help take his first breaths.  34cm from the crown to rump and may weigh around 2900g.

Tiredness is

common as its harder to get into comfortable sleeping positions. Try to keep a balance between gentle exercise and the need to rest. This is a good time to think about ways you can make life a little easier after your baby arrives.

If you can shop in bulk for non-perishable groceries and think of creative ways in which you can reduce unnecessary tasks and commitments for a while. You can plan to have easy healthy meals now and even freeze a few. Taking care of yourself and your new baby will be top priority in the coming months. I am planning a babymoon - where I give myself and baby a week to bond and time to just to rest in bed. This means all other household tasks take a rest too. Make things easy on yourself especially in the initial first days.

Baby massage is a useful skill to learn now . Massage using a mild, unperfumed cold pressed oil may later be a pleasant way of soothing your baby and help with bonding.

 

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exquisite-flower
October 2008 | exquisite-flower
Re: 37weeks

wonderful series, and very informative and helpful

Am inspired by you - doing all this and also being pregnant at the time.

Peace
EF.x



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Ravenheart
September 2008 | Ravenheart
Re: 37weeks

great work

xoxo



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