Your baby at 35 weeks
Your baby is the size of a honeydew melon. By the time you are 35 weeks pregnant, your baby may weigh up to 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) and measure around 42.8 to 47 cm (16.8 to 18.5 inches) long.
Got iron?
Your baby builds up iron stores by absorbing it from your body, so load up on iron-rich foods in the third trimester. The majority of the absorption takes place in the final months before delivery.
Heads or tails
The head-down, or vertex, the position is ideal for birth. If the baby’s bottom appears first, the delivery is called a breech birth. Amazingly, despite the tight quarters in your uterus, your little acrobat may turn several more times before birth.
Your pregnancy at 35 weeks
What you need to know about Cesarean
A Cesarean birth is one in which the baby is delivered through a surgical incision in the mother's uterus and abdomen. Ask your doctor which circumstances he or she believes require a Cesarean and when he’d perform the procedure.
The ABC of GBS
Sometime between now and 37 weeks, your healthcare provider may test you for the Group B streptococcus (GBS) bacterium. Although harmless to you, it can cause an infection in your baby during delivery. The test itself is simple: your doctor takes a swab from your vagina or rectum or tests a urine sample. If you test positive, you may receive antibiotics intravenously (through a vein in your arm) during labor and delivery.
Twin development at week 35
Your doctor may mention cesarean delivery for your twins. You’ll schedule the delivery in advance, speak with an anesthesiologist about your medical history, and even have a few blood tests to prepare and make sure everything is safe. If your babies are younger than 39 weeks at the time of your cesarean delivery, your doctor may test their lung maturity.
35 weeks pregnant symptoms
- fatigue
- shortness of breath
- frequent urination
- trouble sleeping
- heartburn
- swelling of the ankles, fingers, or face
- hemorrhoids
- low back pain with sciatica
- tender breasts
- watery, milky leakage (colostrum) from your breasts
Did you know?
Baby is getting ready for his or her first post-natal manicure! Those tiny fingernails have most probably reached the ends of baby’s fingers, and toenails are also visible during the 35th week of pregnancy.
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