When you are 35 weeks pregnant with twins, your finish line is right in front of you. This amazing journey will finally come to an end and soon you will be on the journey of motherhood. Statistics have shown that a lot of women pregnant with twins or multiple babies have successfully delivered this week. This could also get your senses into high gear, keeping you alert of the tiniest signs that take place in your womb. Highly sensitive mothers might find themselves being excited by the lightest kick, the slightest pain, or the very minor cramps, expecting to see their babies poking out right away. Their growth is still taking place inside, but yes, they would be on their way any day now.
It might be the 35th week of your pregnancy and you might be expecting that the babies are ready to begin their movement towards the birth canal. Yes, you might be expecting their arrival now, but that does not mean they are perfectly ready; your babies are still growing, though not much, but let them get ready.
If you are going to have twins or triplets who are deemed to be identical, this is precisely where their looks will begin to match each other. Any deliveries that take at this stage may not instantly make it clear to you that they resemble each other. Give them a few weeks and their identical nature will begin to seem uncanny.
Most of the progress that babies undergo around this stage is in terms of their movement and orientation. This is quite essential than any kind of growth right now because their proper emergence from the birth canal is the priority going forward. The ideal position is termed to be when the babies have their heads pointing down and their legs pointing to your head. Some babies may take their time in getting into this position, and the mother will need to make small attempts to encourage her twins to do so. Numerous exercises such as hip movement on all fours, rocking and light bouncing on an exercise ball, amongst many others can make this happen.
Though your children do need to put on more weight and grow to a certain height to reach what is medically termed as a full-fledged baby, they are in a pretty good condition to survive without any medical assistance, should you give birth to them in this week itself. They can stay in the same room as yours and would generally be able to breathe easily without any support. Despite that, the doctors and nurses would observe your babies frequently to keep a track of their growth outside your womb. This is why doctors prefer that the babies spend yet another week inside the womb until they reach a proper value of weight and height.
By the 35th week of pregnancy, your twins or triplets would be the size of a medium-sized melon. Their weight and height will continue to increase and that itself makes their chances of surviving outside the womb increase substantially. If you were to measure your babies from their crown to their feet, their length would turn out to be as long as 43-45 centimetres by now. Similarly, their weight reaches a large value, ranging anywhere between 2.2-2.5 kilograms.
Most of the changes in the body that you experience in this week of your pregnancy are simply the lasting effects of a pregnancy that has been getting heavier by the passing week and taking quite a toll on your body as a result.
Take all the previous pregnancy symptoms that you are well-versed with. Multiply their intensity and that’s precisely what you’ll be experiencing in the 35th week of your pregnancy with multiple babies.
Your tummy would have a peculiar shape around this week, which would still be pretty rounded in its nature. While the uterus can even reach your ribcage, the babies would primarily be in the lower region. This expansion of the belly could stretch the skin to a large degree, causing an itching sensation or even a rash on it, which emerges in the form of small red coloured papules. These are totally benign and not harmful to your twins or triplets.
Ultrasound tests in this week would be accompanied by checks that look for the presence of any bacterial infection in your vagina. All the normal checkups would continue to observe your babies closely. The size of the foetus, heart rate, blood flow, amount of amniotic fluid, the condition of the cervix, umbilical cord placement, are just a few of the parameters that doctors observe intently with the scan. By this week, your babies will start responding to high-pitched noise.
Keeping your weight in check is extremely important in this week and your doctor would recommend certain diet adjustments accordingly. Apart from that, you should continue including carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in your diet. Calcium and iron-rich foods should also be included. You can also continue with vitamin supplements.
Here are a few tips that you can try during this stage as soon you would be delivering your babies.
Twins or triplets born in this week don’t usually require any kind of medical attention. All that needs to be done is to make sure that their weight gain continues to be on track. They might be able to breastfeed immediately or might take a week or two with that. Storing your first milk can be a good decision in such a scenario.
Since your babies will be out any day now, make sure they have everything they need, such as:
The position of twins in the womb at 35 weeks plays a key role in ensuring a safe and complication-free delivery. Trust your doctor to make the right decisions for you and welcome your little ones into the real world happily.