Welcome to your eight month Pregnancy journey, congratulations!! I believe you are enjoying this journey, I'm glad to know so please at this stage your antenatal will be every two week, thereafter every week. I believe you are turning up for it. If you have any complain reach out to your doctor. Let's see what is going on in your eight months.

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PREGNANCY AT 32 WEEKS

This week, the fetus is fully developed, the lungs is still forming but the fetus an survive outside womb at this stage. Then to practice the using of lungs the baby is swallowing amniotic fluid, the skin is no more transparent it is changing gradually to normal skin to survive outside the womb. The baby is 42.6cm weighing about 2.8kg or 2kg and the fetus is practicing how to do everything in the womb. Fat is accumulating, the head is facing down in preparation for birth. No space for summersault again making a little slight change in movement. At this week down, the fetus produce more protein and enzyme that is responsible in generating body heat and regulate their temperature.

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PREGNANCY AT 33 WEEKS

This week,baby is about 44cm weighing about 2.2kg and the immune system is developing to protect the baby from infections after birth, the skin is accumulating fat too as day breaks.

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PREGNANCY AT 34 WEEKS

This week baby weighs 2.4kg , the lungs is still developing, baby is kicking very well too and you heard their hiccups movement.

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PREGNANCY AT 35 WEEKS

This week the fetus is really big at this stage and this is the final week in your 8 months wow, congratulations. You can't move freely again as you used to die to the weight you are carrying, fetus movement increase as well, the baby face is down at this week preparing for delivery. All organs are formed even the remaining ones are maturing to fully developed. Fetus weighs 2.6kg at this week what a big baby, I know you are so anxious to see your baby don't worry very soon you will see. The fetus kidneys are fully mature now and produce sterile urine which adds to the rest of the amniotic fluid.

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OVERCOMING LOW BACKACHE IN PREGNANCY

Pains is natural thing and as long as you are pregnant you must experience pains but at times it can be avoided. Little activities you do at home contribute to this pains and as such it needs to be avoided so as to either prevent the pains or reliefs you. Let's check out what causes the low backache and see how we can avoid the things that causes the pains.

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CAUSES

First when you are pregnant, automatically you are carrying another life in you which in time will also have weight. So definitely you will experience a stretch from your abdomen and definitely it will cause pains as it affects your spin, so once your spin is affected you will definitely feel pains at your low back, ribs, waist, spin and the rest.

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WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

🤰 Use a pregnancy belt

🤰 Avoid bending from your waist to sweep of pick anything from the floor

🤰 Avoid bending from your waist, since the weight is too much on your spin, so try as much as possible to reduce the weight on your spin.

🤰 Use a good posture while sitting so as not to affect your spin.

🤰 Have adequate rest.

🤰 Exercise regularly and use a good posture while doing so especially while squatting to avoid pressure from the spin.

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WHAT TO DO THIS STAGE FOR A HEALTHY PREGNANCY AND PREPARATION OF LABOR

Continue eating a healthy diet this week, even though you’re uncomfortable, try to stay active and take a walk or move around when you can and at the time comfortable with you. Your fruits should always be available, take them too to remain healthy especially pineapple, apple and watermelon, drink coconut water to minimise the risk of jaundice.

Be sure you complete packing your hospital bag and keep it handy, your spouse should know which bag to carry once you need it. Make arrangements of how to care for your older child or children after delivery.

Now is the time to relax and enjoy yourself, before welcoming your child into the world, you can have a date night with your spouse and family because very soon attention will be turn to your baby. So enjoy your stay with your spouse bond the intimacy, have time for him and your older child.

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CONCLUSION

Congratulations on completing your eight months Pregnancy with joy, as you will be welcoming your nine month by next week, you should be prepared for labor. We will be considering different natural induction of labor that you will start the schedule to have a smooth and fast labor and delivery. See you next week.