Week 39 and Hip to Heart with Jodi Congdon

Sep 3, 2019

Congratulations, mama, and welcome to week 39 of your pregnancy! This week your sweet baby is the size of a pumpkin. Measuring about 20 inches long and weighing in at about 7.3 pounds, baby just keeps growing, despite being so crowded inside your 39 weeks pregnant belly.

 

It’s almost eviction day.

 

I pulled a few common late pregnancy symptoms from thebump.com, so if you’re looking for more information on any of these, head over to their website.

 

One symptom of late pregnancy is your bloody show - a discharge that’s as thick as mucus and sometimes has a tinge of blood in it. Many people consider this to be a sign you’ll go into labor soon, there’s no exact science to it, so it’s hard to say when showtime will be.

 

A few other symptoms you may be dealing with now include:

• Pelvic pressure. While getting into position for birth, baby may be sitting so low that that your lower torso feels heavy and uncomfortable.
• Lightning crotch. Because baby’s so low, his or her movements can hit some sensitive nerves, giving you sharp sensations in your pelvis—yep, like a lightning bolt! 

This week our interview is with Jodi Congdon from hiptoheart.com

 

Jodi is a birth and lactation educator and doula. In this interview we discuss Expectations and time management when nursing as well as answer listener questions about nursing with breast implants - it can be done!

 

Connect with Jodi at:

Facebook: Hip to Heart

Instagram @hiptoheart