*임산부요가* Third trimester

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임신 3 기 의자료(ENG).pdf

Third trimester ([from] 28 weeks ~ [until] childbirth) 

⬢ Symptoms

• Second trimester symptoms + pressure -- >  circulation difficulty, leg edema

• Breathing rate is excessive

• Lightening

• The fetus is easily palpable

⬢ Physical

• Insomnia – Fetal movement, muscle spasms, frequent urination, difficulty breathing

• Systremma (lower leg cramps), melosalgia (pain of the lower extremities)

• When lying down, the nerves [distributed through] of the lower body are compressed by the uterus

• Reduced serum calcium, increased serum phosphorus

• Fatigue, insufficient peripheral circulation

• More than 1 L per day milk intake

• Ankle edema (swelling)

• Bad posture

• Insufficient exercise

⬢ Emotional

• Recurrence of physical discomfort

• Fatigue, heaviness (an oppressive feeling), frequent urination, annoyingness (a feeling of being annoyed)

• Expansion of sociopsychological range

• Change in self-image is greatest at this time, and [one experiences] feeling annoyed and vexed

• Introversion

• Heightened interest

• At the time of childbirth, fear about one’s health and the actions of childbirth

• Fear about the health of the newborn child

• Increase in anticipation about the baby

• Expectations about the hypothetical role of a [being] mother

• Joy about hypothetical situations, including about being a parent

• Obsession about childbirth, longing for the end of pregnancy

• Preparation and anticipation about the new child