28 week of pregnancy

On the 28th week to a fruit 26 weeks from the moment of fertilization of an ovum are executed. He will be able already to survive in case of premature births in the presence of adequate medical support.

Changes in a fruit organism

The fruit sizes on the 28th week of pregnancy in length make about 35 cm, it weighs already 1000 - 1100. Future kid becomes larger, he is already quite strongly kicked in a maternal stomach on the 28th week of pregnancy. On average the woman fixes about 10 movements in an hour of wakefulness of a fruit, stirs before a night dream become more active. It is possible without touching a stomach any more to guess parts of his body – the handle or a leg which the fruit rests against an abdominal wall from within.

The child in a stomach actively changes the situation, is that in one day from buttock presentation it turns over in head or even cross. The place in a uterus for such movements still is enough though to the kid it becomes already rather small in a stomach on the 28th week of pregnancy.

Under skin of future kid the fatty tissue continues to collect, he looks more well-fad, than earlier. Skin because of it is already not so transparent for the translucent blood vessels therefore it more pink, than red. The fruit integument surface on the 28th week of pregnancy is covered with syrovidny lubricant – a product of work of sebaceous glands in skin. The white vernix caseosa protects skin from irritation amniotic waters in a uterus and from excessive drying right after the birth of the kid.

All body of the baby on this term is still covered with vellus hair – a lanugo. They longer on the head and absolutely are absent on feet and palms. Some hairs on a body can already drop out, and eyelashes, eyebrows and head hair become more dark and thick.

The fruit on the 28th week of pregnancy even more often slightly opens eyes, the pupillary membrane in the form of a thin film on an eyeglobe surface gradually resolves. The kid already well distinguishes light from darkness.

On the term of 28 weeks of pregnancy it becomes clear what cerebral hemisphere the child will have dominant – left or right. Depending on it the fruit prefers to move this or that hand more already now. If the left hemisphere dominates, then he feels everything the right hand more actively around, that is will be a right-handed person and vice versa.

At boys testicles from an abdominal cavity continue to fall to a scrotum, on this term they are at an entrance to it. On ultrasonography on the 28th week of pregnancy generative organs are visible, that is it is possible to learn who will be born – the boy or the girl.

Changes in the woman's organism on the 28th week of pregnancy

The woman's waist finally smoothed out, the stomach should be noticed on such duration of gestation. The uterine fundus is defined on 28 cm above a bosom or is 8 cm higher than a navel. The usual clothes become close.

Pains on the 28th week of pregnancy in the bottom of a stomach can sometimes disturb the woman. Periodic increase in a tone is a reaction of a uterus to a surrounding situation and loadings, also it can be training pains. But of painful feelings is normal at such trainings should not be. Pains on the 28th week of pregnancy can become the first symptom of threat of an abortion therefore medical consultation is surely necessary.

Strengthening of allocations on the 28th week of pregnancy from a genital tract, their more liquid character are suspicious on dribble of amniotic waters. It occurs if integrity of a bag of waters is broken somewhere sideways. Such state dangerously possible infection of a fruit and beginning of premature births. It is possible to exclude dribble of waters by special test.

Inspection on the 28th week of pregnancy

If the pregnant woman has a Rh-negative blood, then the next control of anti-Rh antibodies which concentration in the presence of the conflict with a fruit can increase will be required. At detection of increase of antibodies the doctor can recommend a course of the supporting preventive treatment.

Planned ultrasonography on the 28th week of pregnancy is not carried out. If necessary blood tests – the general, can be appointed to glucose, control of urine of 1 times in 2 weeks is obligatory.