This week, vernix caseosa becamesignificantly less. The baby has lost lanugo. Before birth, it gains about 30 grams daily, its intestines are completely filled with waste products. Pregnancy week 38: ultrasound. The baby continues to intensively prepare for birth and life outside the womb. There is very little time left before it is born. Now the baby weighs about 3100 g, its length is about 35 centimeters. Pregnancy week 38: symptoms. If this is your second birth, then they will most likely begin any day now. After all, only 5% of mothers giving birth longer than this period. Many women may experience false contractions before real contractions. Sometimes it is very difficult to distinguish them, they can be as strong as real contractions. How to distinguish them? Very simple. False contractions, as a rule, stop with movement, while real ones continue in any position. Pregnancy 38 weeks: signs. Many women at this stage experience a feeling as if an electric current runs from the lower abdomen to the legs. This is caused by the nerve trunks being touched when the fetus descends deeper into the pelvis.
