Here at this period of your pregnancy we must congratulate you as now by every week you are entering into the final stages of the pregnancy. You must know that full term is considered the period between the 37th week of pregnancy and the 41st week of the pregnancy. You must know that your baby still continues to gain the weight. The weight of your baby depends on how long your baby stays in your womb, because the more he stays, he will weigh more when he is born. This excess weight gained by your baby helps him for his well being and to increase the immunity when he will arrive in this world.
You must have noticed that your belly seems that it has stop growing at the period of pregnancy week 37. In many cases, it is seen that uterus remains of the same size from this period until the delivery. Your belly should measure about six and a half inches from the umbilicus. Now you may have gained the weight of about thirty-five pounds by this time of the pregnancy. Some ladies may have noticed the reverse of the process of the weight gain. Many of them might have even lost the weight by one or two pounds.
You must be more eager to see your newborn one. If you have not yet registered the name, then now you must do it fast, you must discuss your physician about the labor and delivery at this point of your pregnancy.
Up till now you must talked with your physician regarding the plan of action for your delivery, so that you must keep the things ready as per the plan whenever you have the onset of the contractions. You must also know when have to call your physician, and when he wants you to visit him.
It is possible that your physician may say you to go for Group B strep test during the pregnancy week 37. Group B is nothing but one type of bacteria that lives in the vagina or the surrounding area of the rectum. Generally, group B strep is present in near about 35% of the healthy ones. Group B is not responsible for any risk regarding the health. When you get colonized with bacteria, then it is possible that your baby may get infected with bacteria. The newborns those are infected will need keen observation and to be hospitalized for the treatment. As now baby will require the course of antibiotics. The infection caused by the bacteria Group B in newborn baby can give raise to many serious infections such as sepsis, which is a blood stream infection. It may also be responsible for causing the meningitis; in this condition the lining of the brain surrounding fluid is affected. This kind of bacteria can also give raise to pneumonia. The new born babies those are exposed will show the symptoms during the period of first week of her life, the diseases those are having the late onset of Group B disease can also develop after one or more weeks after the delivery.
