懷孕第36週

孕婦生理變化

胎兒已往下降，胎位也已固定了。由於母親的腹壁與子宮壁已變得較薄，寶寶的手肘、小腳和頭部有時會清楚地在孕婦的腹部突顯出來，受空間的限制，胎動較少。孕婦會常感疲勞，背部痠疼與骨盆腔不適仍持續。



胎兒發育成長

寶寶身長約為50公分至51公分，坐長（頭臀長）約為32公分，體重則有2700公克。寶寶的腦正快速地發育成熟，他(她)還會眨眼睛；指甲長長，可能會超過指尖；腎臟已發育完全；肝臟也已能處理一些代謝物了。寶寶的身體會變得比較圓胖，臉上的皺紋消失。



注意事項

孕婦上下樓梯與洗澡時需注意安全。



第七次產檢

這星期需做第七次的產檢：

1.問診：有無不適症狀，如出血、腹痛、頭痛、痙攣、嚴重水腫等。

2.身體檢查：體重、血壓、腹長（宮底高度）、胎心音、胎位、水腫、靜脈曲張。

3.實驗室檢查：尿蛋白、尿糖。



＊醫生可以經過超音波或觸診估計出現在胎兒的體重，妳也可以請教醫師應如何正確地監測胎心和胎動。

＊下次產檢是於第三十八週。



How your baby's growing:

Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.



At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely she's in a head-down position. But if she isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating her from the outside of your belly.