Week 40! Almost the last week of the week-by-week pregnancy. Almost because, few of you might give birth in week 41 or 42 at the most. Once these few days are over, you can return to the normal pre pregnancy regime, well almost. The baby would obviously demand few changes here and there which you would certainly have to make way for. A serous advice here, make sure to breast feed your child for the initial few weeks. It is not only excellent for his heath but is also necessitated by your body. Another post pregnancy tip is that do pay some attention to the father after the delivery. Many partners complain that wives tend too ignore husband. Don't do it, because even they have been longing for you since last few months. And Dads make sure to help mom in every way possible. Taking care of the child is a responsibility that must be equally shared by the two of you. Be close to the baby and get involved in daily chores, after all this is the best way to connect with your child.
Enough tips for now. It is time that you also update yourself on an important concept referred to as induction. Inductions are artificial means to bring about labor. On several occasions health care provider might feel that it time that the childbirth should take place and in such eventualities, different medical and non medical techniques are deployed to bring about artificial pains followed by real childbirth.
True labor would be completely different from all your till date experienced false labor alarms. You would unmistakably know about it. It would start with infrequent contractions, which would gain momentum with time. The baby starts moving down and once you are fully dilated, that is the child has moved down, pushing begins. What soon follows is delivery. Post delivery the umbilical cord would be clamped and cut, a process, which is painless to both mother and child. And finally the birth of placenta, it is over before you think it started. Easy isn't it?
Baby is healthy and is lying head down, well at least in 96% cases. With hardly any space to move, the child is eager to move outside the secured womb and enter the new world as the final stage of week-by-week pregnancy ends shortly.