How to face the last month of pregnancy
Pregnancy is a slow process and full of changes. Month by month, women are experiencing the physical transformations of your body and emotional changes. The last month requires special preparation. The moment of delivery is approaching, and the future mother grows that feeling of anxiety to face the final stretch in the best possible way.
We present here a series of tips that you have to take into account during the last month of pregnancy to take it in a healthy and positive way.
Tips for the last month of pregnancy
1. Avoid working when you are already 8 months. The babies of mothers who were working during the last month of pregnancy tend to grow more slowly in the womb, which can lead to low birth weight and health and growth problems. Specialists advise to stop working after 6 months.
2. Do not smoke. Tobacco is especially harmful for pregnancy, and especially when you are in the last month. Tobacco also affects the growth of the baby and its development, but it can also cause it to show signs of being due to the withdrawal syndrome of his mother. On the other hand, smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of spontaneous abortions.
3. Visit the gynecologist often. During the last month, you will have to visit the doctor more, tell him your discomfort to make the appropriate tests. It will take the tension, check the fetal movements and analyze the urine to rule out the presence of albumin, a bacterium that poses a risk to pregnancy. It is common that other tests prior to delivery such as vaginal exudate or monitoring, both painless, are performed in this period.
4. Take care of food and sports as in the rest of pregnancy. Following a balanced diet is essential to prepare for childbirth, supplementing it with calcium and iron supplements. Sport is necessary to strengthen the heart and prevent the rise of sugar. In the last month of pregnancy it is advisable to walk one hour a day unless there is a risk of premature delivery.
5. Avoid long car trips in this period, and completely suppress the flights.
6. Control urine losses. In this last months e will produce the fitting, that is to say, that the baby will be head down and place his crown in the pelvis. This position will allow you to be born naturally and not by cesarean section. Now diaphragm and ribs will be more free to breathe better, but you will notice more pressure in the bladder and pelvis. It is normal to feel urgency to go to the bathroom, but if there are losses or pain appears during urination, you should visit the doctor.
7. Replace the bathroom with the shower It is essential to avoid dilation of the cervix and the possible entry of germs. For the same reason, it is preferable to postpone sexual relations.
8. Relax. It is common for mothers in this month to suffer what is known as the syndrome of the nest, they feel anxious to have everything prepared as paint the room, buy all the clothes All this can be done once the baby is born, because the fundamental thing is now avoid the stress that can advance the delivery.
Ana Vázquez Recio
