31 Dec 2016 | 6 min Read
Nidhi Pandey
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With the arrival of your 27th week, your pregnancy has now stepped into the third and the final trimester! Isn’t that great news? You are already through two -thirds of your total pregnancy and are only a few weeks away from motherhood! Your baby is now almost one kilo in weight and is about 14½ inches long. Their skin still appears wrinkled due to the amniotic fluid but is well protected by the vernix, which is the whitish substance that covers it. Your baby is also swallowing a lot of amniotic fluid now which fills theirlittle tummy.
Your little person now has regular sleeping and waking patterns and is able to open and shut their eyes. The lungs are not yet mature and your baby will need a lot of help to survive outside the womb if born at this stage.
Let’s learn more about the 27 weeks pregnant symptoms and also your baby’s size and development.
At 27 weeks pregnant, babies go to sleep and wake up at regular intervals, blinking their eyelids and possibly sucking their fingers. Your baby’s brain is incredibly active right now and additional brain tissue continues to form.
Your baby is around 14 ½ inches long and weighs almost 2 lbs- almost about as much as a head of cauliflower.
Your backache might increase from this week on, so make sure you do back exercises on a regular basis. You might sometimes feel small, ‘knocking’ movements in your stomach. This is nothing but your baby hiccupping.
This is the right time for you to note down a birth plan along with your partner. A birth plan is just a list of preferences you have around the time of your delivery. These could include things like:
You might not be able to remember too many things when you are actually in labour so keeping your partner aware of your birth plan can be very helpful. Most doctors are usually open to discussing preferences, so take your birth plan along to the next doctor’s visit. However, remember to be flexible as sometimes, deliveries do not go as planned.
You might start gaining weight more rapidly now and this might suddenly be very noticeable. Continue wearing loose, comfortable clothes and proper footwear.
As the second trimester draws to a close, you might be feeling a little more excited about the D-day inching closer. Travelling outside the city might be restricted from now on but you can still plan to do a lot in and around the city.
Feeling tired, and snoring are very common signs of 27 weeks pregnancy or pregnancy month 6 that you might experience.
You can now opt for Multiple Marker Screen Test (MMST) and Amniocentesis which can identify genetic diseases such as neural tube defects, chromosomal abnormalities, and others. Although it is generally thought to be risk-free, discuss the test with your doctor before deciding whether or not you want to undergo this 27 weeks pregnant ultrasound.
Here are some self care tips and checklists for leading the healthiest life possible during your 27 weeks pregnancy.
Your baby can now open and close their eyes. Also, your baby may move in response to light: If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, you might feel a burst of flutters and wiggles.
Mental and physical exhaustion, shortness of breath, back aches, heartburn, swelling of the ankles, fingers, or face, haemorrhoids, and trouble sleeping.
Your baby looks as much as a head of cauliflower at 27 weeks pregnant.
Try to eat healthily with plenty of fresh fruit and veg, and avoid processed, fatty and salty foods.
In general, you should feel about six to 10 movements over the course of two hours.
If you are gaining more than a kilo and a half per month then watch out. This could be a sign of gestational diabetes or fluid retention. Gaining too much weight during pregnancy can also make delivery difficult. Excess flab can make passing the baby more difficult! Another myth around predicting a baby’s gender is that if an expecting mum eats the ends of a piece of bread, then she’s carrying a baby boy and if she feels like eating only the centre, then it’s a baby girl. Don’t read too much into these myths, it’s better to just be amused by them.
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