Thursday, July 2, 2009

Full Term otherwise known as 9 months down and ready to go.

Keep in Mind a full term gestational period is 37 to 40 weeks. A due date is based on 40 weeks.
So, weeks 37, 38, 39 and 40 are considered Month 9.

At week 37, your pregnancy is considered full term, meaning baby is likely to thrive after birth. Baby spends these last weeks in preparation for the outside world… meaning careful refinement of the blink, suck, inhale and exhale. Meconium, which you’ll probably find in the first diaper, is accumulating in the intestines. If (okay, as) you worry about giving birth, consider what it’s like for the little one. During the journey out of your womb, baby will produce more stress hormones than any other time in life.

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