Text/Themi Mama (original article, welcome to share and forward personally)
Female friends who have had fertility experience know that the so-called full-term children refer to newborns born at term, that is to say, babies born at the gestational age of 37 weeks to 42 weeks belong to full-term newborns.
In our inherent understanding, all babies born at term are normal and healthy children.
So the question is, is there any difference between a child born at 37 weeks and 40 weeks? For first-time mothers, can you see the difference?
01. Can you see the difference between newborns who are also full-term, 37 weeks and 40 weeks old?
Some time ago, my cousin gave birth to a second child, and several relatives in our family went to the hospital to visit together.
The cousin's child was born at 40 weeks, which is particularly cute, there is a mother in the ward, the child is born at 37 weeks, but the two children are compared, in fact, the difference is not big.
Including body shape, weight and other aspects, it looks like a generally old child.
Maybe many mothers will be very confused, after all, 37 weeks and 40 weeks, but the difference of 3 weeks, the child in the womb to develop and grow, these 3 weeks is not short, in any case, more or less there may be some differences, why can't we see what the difference is?
In fact, this question is not difficult to answer.
Because in the process of pregnancy in October, by the time of 37 weeks, the body development of the fetus is almost complete, and it will not grow much in the next two or three weeks, mainly to improve the nervous system and organs of the body, rather than saying weight and height to continue to grow.
The reason is actually very simple, because if the fetus continues to grow, then to a certain extent, it is bound to bring some difficulties to the delivery of pregnant women, such as macrosomics, which may not be conducive to smooth delivery.
In a sense, the reason why the fetus will not continue to grow after 37 weeks is more to protect the mother's smooth and safe delivery.
From a biological and genetic point of view, this is actually the result of "genetic selection".
So does that mean that babies born at 37 weeks and 40 weeks will not make any difference?
In fact, it is not, after all, the fetus has different mother's time, and sometimes there will still be some differences.
02.What is the difference between a baby born at 02.37 weeks and 40 weeks?
First, for some babies born at 37 to 39 weeks, their sucking efforts will be slightly weaker.
Because the fetus at this stage is actually improving the function of the stomach and lungs, it will be slightly weaker than the baby born at 40 weeks.
Secondly, if you are more sensitive to the crying of newborns, you can actually hear that babies born at 37 weeks may cry weaker.
This is because some babies' vocal cord systems and laryngeal muscles are not yet fully developed, so when crying, the fatigue is weaker and the sound will be slightly smaller.
Finally, it is the size, there are some 37-week-old babies, may be smaller than the 40-week baby born, although only one or two pounds, but because the baby is smaller, it still looks like there is some difference.
However, these differences, in fact, we are difficult to detect by others, from a medical point of view, as long as the child does not have any disease, it is a very healthy baby.
03. So how do we care for newborns?
Taking care of newborns requires not only patience and care, but also some nursing skills and precautions.
The new mother should open the milk in time
For new moms, one thing is crucial, and that is to prescribe milk in time.
Doing so is not only conducive to exercising the baby's sucking ability, but more importantly, it can also stimulate the mother's breast and promote the secretion of breast hormone, which is conducive to the secretion of breast milk.
Precautions for changing diapers
When changing diapers for newborn babies, it is necessary to pay attention to the movements to be gentle and delicate, and not to be too hard, because the baby's body is more delicate, and the bone development is not yet perfect, if you use too much force, it is easy to be damaged.
In addition, before changing diapers, it is best to check the length of your fingernails, if it is too long, you should also pay attention to frequent trimming, so as not to scratch your baby's skin.
Treatment of vernix
Some babies may have fetal fat on their bodies, so for inexperienced mothers, they may use their hands to cut it, or wipe it with wet paper towels or towels.
Because doing so can easily cause skin infections in your baby, the right thing to do is to bathe your baby, because during the bath, this fetal fat will slowly and automatically disappear.
Mother Themi's message:
On the road to parenting, there will be many obstacles, for novice mothers, we must learn more about parenting nursing knowledge, with health science methods, accompany the baby to grow up slowly.
In the process of caring for the baby, in addition to feeling tired, we will also harvest full of happiness.