Pregnancy Development on Week 33

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Medical Video: 33 Weeks Pregnant - 33 Weeks Pregnant symptoms and fetal development

Embryo growth

How is the development of the fetus 33 weeks pregnant?

Entering 33 weeks of fetal development, the size of your baby is about the size of a pineapple with a length of 43 cm from head to heel and weighing more than 1.8 kg.

In the last few weeks before birth, billions of cells that develop in your baby's brain help babies learn about the environment in the womb.

Your baby can hear, feel, even see. The pupils in your baby's eyes can shrink and widen when they detect light. Like newborns, babies sleep a lot and even experience Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.

Your baby's lungs are almost completely perfect. Furthermore, fat will appear on the baby's body to protect and warm your baby. Your baby's weight will increase in the last few weeks before birth.

Changes in the Body

What are the changes in the body of a pregnant woman on week 33?

Many things can change when the baby is getting bigger in your stomach. The way you walk might change and you will start walking like a duck. Finding the right sitting position and sleeping position is a challenge for you. You can feel pain and numbness in the fingers, wrists and hands.

Like other tissues in your body, during pregnancy, the wrist tissue retains fluid that can cause pain in the carpal tunnel, the pathway to the wrist where there are nerves that are useful in the movement of the fingers. The nerve in this tunnel can be pinched, causing numbness; tingling, or pain.

Try to wear a cloth to stabilize your wrist or support your hands while sleeping. If your activities require a lot of hand movements such as typing or assembling, don't forget to often rest your hands and stretch them out.

Maintain a pregnancy that runs 33 weeks

You should discuss with your doctor before taking sleeping pills because sleeping pills are not safe for pregnant women. Your doctor can consider the risks and benefits of using drugs and provide alternative solutions to sleep disorders during pregnancy.

Visit to Doctor / Midwife

What do I need to discuss with the doctor on week 33?

This month you will spend a lot of time at the doctor's office than before. The doctor will estimate the size of the baby and predict the time of birth. Doctors can also provide tests according to your needs, such as:

  • Weight (at this time the weight will stop rising or even decrease)
  • Blood pressure (maybe higher than the 6th month)
  • Scanning urine to check sugar and protein levels
  • Varicose legs, swelling of the hands and feet
  • Check the size of the uterus like how thin and whether it has begun to widen
  • Fundal height (upper part of uterus)
  • Fetal heart rate test
  • Fetal size, direction of birth (head or foot first), position (face down or face up)
  • List the questions the doctor wants to ask, especially regarding labor and birth, including the frequency of Braxton Hicks contractions and other symptoms especially abnormal symptoms.
Pregnancy Development on Week 33
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