34th week of pregnancy: The 34th week of pregnancy at a glance
Your child already has really long fingernails in the 34th week of pregnancy, with which it can already scratch itself. For bone development, your child takes calcium from your blood. In the active phase of your child, you can already clearly feel his kicks in the 34th week of pregnancy.
You can’t wait for your baby to finally arrive. In the 34th week of pregnancy, you should definitely check again whether you have also provided everything for the baby initial equipment.
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Although it is getting tighter and tighter, your approximately 44 centimeters tall and 2,200 grams heavy baby can still move sufficiently in the 34th week of pregnancy. You will feel his kicks and cuddles again and again when your baby has an active phase. Your baby can already scratch, because the nails already reach beyond the fingertips. After birth, the small nails can even leave bloody scratch marks on your child’s face.
However, even if they are so long, you should not cut them immediately after birth, because you could injure the nail bed and risk inflammation. The placenta provides your child in the 34th week of pregnancy with large amounts of calcium, which it gets out of your blood. This ensures sufficient bone development of the baby until birth. Eat a lot of dairy products to prevent your own calcium deficiency.
Your body in the 34th week of pregnancy
From the 34th week of pregnancy, you will often feel a pronounced desire for protection and security. Talk to your partner about it and let them spoil you as often as possible. Make yourself comfortable and comfortable at home and avoid unnecessary excitement and effort that burdens you emotionally. The loving treatment of yourself also gives you a lot of relaxation. Try our beauty and wellness tips.
With increasing waist circumference, your navel also changes in the 34th week of pregnancy. First, the former cavity disappears and becomes flatter and flatter. And later it even bulges out. Since the abdominal wall is now very stressed by the tension, the navel area can hurt. Many pregnant women hear a cracking or snapping from inside their abdomen in the8th month of pregnancy. Unfortunately, the exact cause of this has not yet been found. It is believed that these sounds are caused by movements of the baby in the amniotic fluid. The cracking itself is classified as harmless – so everything is fine with the child and you.
What does a baby look like in the 34th week of pregnancy?
Questions about the 34th week of pregnancy
Is the initial baby equipment complete?
Do you have everything for your baby? Also for lactation and baby care? Of course, you can still go shopping after the birth, but it is easier to use the time before the birth. Just checkour checkliststo see if you have everything you need.
Tips and hints for the 34th week of pregnancy
The cardiogram (CTG) is written
During the check-up, you may have already been connected to acardiogram (CTG). Here, the child’s heart rate and labor are recorded simultaneously. Based on the mountains and valleys that describe the curves of the CTG, the doctor can draw conclusions about your child’s well-being and current oxygen supply. The examination is simple and painless. But you have to bring a little more time, because it takes 30 to 45 minutes.
The CTG curve
Emergency numbers for the onset of childbirth
Close to the phone, attach important phone numbers, such as those of the partner, the midwife, a nearby taxi rank or even the ambulance and ambulance. So you are prepared for an emergency and do not panic.
Custody
If you are not married, you can arrangejoint custodyat the Youth Welfare Office or have paternity documented before the birth. This protects you if important decisions have to be made during or after the birth and you may not be able to do so due to a limited state of health.