By the pregnancy week 29, the baby enters into the third trimester. From here and after that, you will feel the great change such as rapid increase in weight. At this time of your pregnancy and thereafter, the development and the maturation of the lungs and the muscles of your baby will continue.

During the period of this week the brain of your baby also continues to develop and mature, as daily there is formation of billions of neurons taking place. The requirement of nutrition of your baby also increases than before this period, so it becomes more important that you must do everything to make possible to eat properly and should get enough amount of sleep throughout this important phase of development.

Your uterus grows here about three and a half to four inches above your umbilicus. By this period of your pregnancy, it may happen that you may feel high weight gain by twenty-five to twenty-six pounds. Now here you will definitely look and feel yourself pregnant week by week.

Now here pregnancy week 29 welcomes you to the third trimester, and now there after you may start thinking all about labor or delivery and about all the needs for your new born baby. Now it may happen that you suffer by the problem heartburn, as your abdomen is growing significantly day by day. Your baby’s movement must be taking your attention towards that. Here, it is the time where you will notice the timetable of your baby that she is awakened or at rest. And if happens that you feel less movement of your baby or any other abnormal type of movement, then it is important to seek for your physician as soon as possible.

Now it has become more important to take care of nutrition for your baby, so now you must take your daily meal in small but in several parts. It is because now your baby is demanding for the nutrients, whereas your increased level of progesterone and lack of space in your abdomen has tremendously slowed your digestion processes.

During this period of third trimester it becomes more important to increase the intake of water in plenty amount to get rid of the problem of constipation, if not paid attention towards that, it may happen that it gives rise hemorrhoids. Here now at this time you must start to enjoy your few last weeks of the pregnancy. In many cases, a woman finds that this period is of getting relief, as it is now the last time where you have to pamper yourself for some more time. Here you should try to take some time for doing a facial or pedicure if you are having the mood. Nothing else makes a lady in labor to look better than a pair of well pedicured legs.

Here at this pregnancy week 29, you must also try to enjoy these few last few weeks along with your husband. If you are having the chance then try to go for outing or on one or two romantic dates before the arrival of your newborn baby into this world. Many times it happens that it may take a long time before you had got to spend some more qualities on one time with your husband. If it is so that if you are having other children at home then think of considering to hire a babysitter for one or two nights during the following couple of months.

Any women can suffer with edema or swelling, especially in the legs and feet to make the situation uncomfortable during the period of last trimester of pregnancy. It is now not to be said to drink large amount of water and try to engage yourself in light types of exercise such as slow walking, and try to keep your legs and feet in elevated position whenever it becomes possible to you.