Highest point reached<\/strong><\/p>\n Around this week, your uterus reaches the \u2018highest point\u2019, the rib cage. As a result, your lungs can get quite constricted. Lung capacity can decrease by as much as a quarter, and you notice it. Just running up the stairs was already out of the question, but now you can be short of breath after even the slightest exertion.<\/p>\n Although the baby is now practically \u2018finished\u2019, you will still have to give birth in the hospital if your child\u2019s birth is announced this week. After all, your baby is still a bit on the small side, and moreover, it is possible that the lungs are not yet functioning entirely on their own. That means your child would need to go into the incubator for a little while longer.<\/p>\n The midwife or gynecologist can probably now clearly feel how your baby is positioned by pressing on your belly. If that is not entirely clear, an ultrasound will probably be performed this week.<\/p>\n You might be experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions occasionally now. These are contractions of the uterus. The uterus prepares for childbirth; as a form of practice, all the internal muscles are tightened. Because the uterus hardens during this process, this phenomenon has been given the name \u2018hard belly\u2019.<\/p>\n The uterus also contracts during a contraction, but there is still a difference between contractions and Braxton Hicks contractions. Braxton Hicks contractions do not occur with any regularity; you can have a few a day or an hour at a time and then not again for days. Moreover, Braxton Hicks contractions can occur when you suddenly bend over, stand up, or lift, but also when you are (or have been) very busy.<\/p>\n It is often a sign that you need to slow down a bit. Maar ook de baby zelf kan ook de veroorzaker zijn: als hij of zij erg trapt of zich omdraait, kan dat uitmonden in een harde buik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Week 35 Highest point reached Your baby Around this week, your uterus reaches the \u2018highest point\u2019, the rib cage. As…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1653,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"templates\/flex.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1861,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1840\/revisions\/1861"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Your baby<\/h3>\n
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