We have already reached the 31st week of pregnancy in our week-by-week pregnancy review. The countdown begins, if it does not advance in approximately nine weeks your baby will be born.
Changes in the baby at week 31 of pregnancy
This week your baby measures between 40 and 41 cm from head to toe and the weight is around 1,500 grams. But in the next few weeks you will double your weight.
The lungs are practically formed, although they cannot yet breathe on their own outside of the mother. Your skeleton is in full growth and your bones continue to store calcium, phosphorus, and iron.
He can turn his head and “see”, not only distinguish light from dark, and his kidneys are fully functional, eliminating more than half a liter of urine a day.
Changes in the mother at week 31 of pregnancy
You may feel some contraction, especially when changing position, but it will be normal, think that your body is preparing for delivery. They are called Braxton Hicks contractions. They last between 30 and 60 seconds and are irregular. At this time of pregnancy they should be infrequent and painless. If they are very painful and you have more symptoms such as menstrual cramps or severe abdominal pain, it is best to call your gynecologist.
Due to the compression of the uterus on the stomach, it is recommended to have five or six small meals throughout the day to reduce heartburn and improve digestion. This will also help combat fluid retention.
The breasts begin to form milk, and some colostrum may leak through the nipple.
And I’m sorry for you, but from now on sleeping is going to get more and more complicated, my advice is that you appropriate all the pillows in the house, yours, your mother’s, your mother-in-law and whoever have on hand.
Diagnostic tests at week 31 of pregnancy
Between this week and week 34 you will have the third trimester ultrasound that is used to quantify the amniotic fluid, review the morphology of the baby and that with what gynecologists never get right, estimate the baby’s weight.
Although each pregnant woman and each baby are different, these are the main changes that occur in the mother and the baby during the 31st week of pregnancy . Do not stop following your pregnancy week by week.
