Getting ready
This week your baby is about the size of a honeydew melon.
You should still feel movements as strongly and regularly as in previous weeks — if they change or stop, talk to your midwife or doctor straight away.
With your baby taking up more room and pregnancy relaxing the muscles at the top of your stomach, heartburn and indigestion are often at their most persistent in late pregnancy. Smaller meals more often, and sitting upright rather than lying down soon after eating, help many people. Propping your head and shoulders up in bed can make nights more comfortable.
Preparing for a baby — leave, plans, and all the advice around you — can make this a busy and sometimes anxious time. It can help to talk things through with the people you trust rather than carry it all in your head. You don't need everything perfect for your baby to be ready.
A good time to think about birth preferences, newborn preparation, comfort, and who you want around you.
Full term is close now, and your baby continues getting ready.
Services ParentSide defines for this stage. Each page explains what the service covers and which professionals are approved to provide it.
