28 week of pregnancy. Baby's development and mother's condition

There comes 28 weeks of pregnancy, the second trimester is coming to an end. Now visits to the doctor are more frequent, every two weeks, with a complicated pregnancy, a visit to a woman's consultation takes place once a week.

Mom feels great, has become accustomed to her position, the baby is not yet so big as to cause inconvenience. Now its weight is about 1200 kilograms, and the growth is about 35 centimeters. The fetus is actively moving at the 28th week of pregnancy, often Mom feels his hiccup. The auricles are soft, pressed against the head, eyelashes appear on the eyes, and the eyes themselves are sometimes opened slightly. The umbilical cord joins the tummy all the way down. The skin thickens, under it only begins to accumulate subcutaneous fat. His legs are crossed, pinned to the belly or to the head, the handles at rest are neatly folded in the chest area.

The 28th week of pregnancy is the peak of the infant's motor activity . The place is enough for now. At the same time he studies the space around himself, touches his small hands to the walls of the uterus, probes the cord. A sucking reflex appears, the baby sucks the thumb on the arm. Right now, you can determine whether he is right-handed or left-handed.

If the mother leads an active lifestyle, then she simply can not notice the perturbations . The child swayed and falls asleep when mother goes or does something. But only she will sit down to have a rest, as the kid at once starts to show her his elbows and heels. That's why Mom seems that the child is active only at night when she goes to bed. Strong activity appears after eating, especially if something sweet was eaten. This is due to the growth of sugar in the blood. The baby reacts to any changes in the emotional state of the mother. It's not necessarily negative emotions or stress, even fun is passed on to the child and he starts to kick. So it is adrenaline, transmitted from the mother.

Mom can experience some ailments when it's 28th week of pregnancy. Some, perhaps, have already manifested themselves and the woman has even become accustomed to them:

- headache, dizziness, slight nausea;

- bleeding from the nose;

- cramps in the muscles of the legs;

- pain in the back and underbelly;

- the appearance of edema on the legs, hands, face;

- itching in the abdomen;

- problems with sleeping, long falling asleep;

- shortness of breath, shortness of breath;

- There may be varicose veins;

- There is clumsiness;

- Training fights (Brexton) can begin. The uterus hardens for a short time and again returns to its previous state;

- on clothes there can be specks from colostrum.

From this time, birth can be called premature, and if a child is born at the 28th week of pregnancy, it can be released in specially created conditions. Yes, it is very difficult, the baby's lungs are still underdeveloped, because he has to develop for 12 more weeks in ideal conditions of the mother's womb. For nursing special equipment is needed.

Typically, doctors carefully observe women with a diagnosis of the threat of abortion, but it also happens that premature birth begins in a completely healthy woman.

If there is even the slightest sign of the onset of labor, you just need to immediately call an ambulance! Still there is an opportunity to stop or at least postpone the process that has begun. Each additional day spent in the womb gives the child more and more chances for further full development.

When there are spasms and pains in the lower abdomen or lower back, bleeding or even a few drops of blood, it is necessary to go urgently to the hospital. Although it is only 28 weeks pregnant, it can be premature birth.