Please share an interesting fact about my baby during the third trimester of pregnancy.

Bleeding: Bleeding gums are linked to low birth weight and premature births.

Pregnant: Pregnant women are prone to swollen, bleeding gums and this is bad for the fetus.

Pregnant: Pregnant women can be more susceptible to cavity formation in the teeth.

Avoid: Avoid being flat on your back - it decreases venous blood flow and can make you and the baby sick.

Womb-service: Womb-service best, but modern nicus can support preemies through the 3rd trimester now.

Walking: Walking for 15-20 minutes daily is good exercise during the third trimester.

(S)he: (s)he can hear your voice and distinguish it from the father's voice, as well as your tones!

Yoga: Yoga practice with adaptive blocks can provide stretch without pain. Buy yoga pants to enjoy.

Babies: Babies do not "ball up" in a woman's uterus. These are contractions. If regular, advise your doctor.

Babies: Babies can have hiccups in-utero. Some women mistake this sensation for fetal seizures.

While: While widely known, it's cool to know a baby in the 3rd trimester can hear & react to sound & music.

Your: Your baby can gain a 1/2 pound a week toward the end of pregnancy.

Fetus: Fetus sucking a thumb, vision & hearing developing, lung maturing, gaining weight, waxing & dropping.

Fetus: Fetus stores the important minerals & vitamins: fe, ca, mg, phos, se, zn; vit: a/d/e/c/b6/b12/folate.

They: The babies seem to react to mom's moods.

The: The times that they are active in your womb may correlate when they are out of the womb.

Avoid: Avoid salt and fat in your diet. Push the protein and low fat dairy products.

Rest: Rest when you are tired. Try elevating your lower extremities on pillows when lying down or sittiing.

Walking: Walking is the best exercise. Avoid hi-impact activities.

Avoid: Avoid tunafish and swordfish. Avoid soft cheeses & cheeses with mold (bleu cheese, roquefort, etc).

Growth: Growth of the fetal skeleton requires extra calcium intake by mom. Increase dairy intake (low fat).

Your: Your baby hears everything you are saying and is bonding with you NOW! Talk to your baby.

"Pregnancy: Up to 20% of pregnant women develop significant anxiety or depression.

Mothers: Mothers who breastfeed have a lower risk of breast & ovarian cancers.

Rapid: Rapid growth-weight triples and length doubled.

As: As babies grow, they move less within the womb.

In: In third trimester, baby comforted by familiar voice - so sing to your baby, mom. It's relaxing her!

Get: Get help from family and friends doing chores. You will be even more tired after the baby is born.

Your: Your unborn baby drinks (and then pees) the amniotic fluid.

Your: Your baby can already recognize your voice and the voice of his or her father.

Not: Not every woman's water breaks before delivery and most women not until labor begins.

Babies: Babies may hear what their moms say and their brains recognize these words after birth.

Your: Your baby can hear your voice, and react to it accordingly.

Your: Your baby gains about a pound a week towards the end of the third trimester.

Your: Your baby can hear you. Research has shown music and words now can be recognized after birth.

Your: Your baby will open his or her eyes, gain more weight, and prepare for delivery.

Remember: Remember to do pelvic tilts to prepare the pelvis for the delivery.

You: You baby will open his or her eyes, and gain more weight.

Baby's: Baby's eyes are almost always blue by week 29; baby may even move in rhythm to music by week 26.

Some: Some women and their partners mistakenly believe that sex during the 3rd trimester is not safe.

Don't: Don't forget to floss. It's even more important to not let gums get infected in 3rd trimestrr.

Lung: Lung development is not finalized until the last 4 weeks of pregnancy (36-40 weeks).

Most: Most surgery is safe during pregnancy. It takes coordination between anesthesia, surgeon and OB gyn.

Ignore: Most of your baby's birth weight is gained in the third trimester.

Ignore: Eat lots of greens and fruits..And drink milk regularly.

Ignore: Get your vitamin d levels checked to be sure you are not deficient!

Ignore: It's a myth that: all women get a burst of energy and want to clean just prior to onset of labor.

Ignore: Baby gains about a pound a week toward the very end.

Ignore: Your baby can still get many effects of medications you take for yourself. Be careful.

Ignore: No drinking or smoking, even a little. No caffeine either.

Ignore: It is not true that having sex during a normal pregnancy can hurt the baby.

Ignore: Permanent teeth begin to form in utero. Don't take tetracyclines as can stain teeth.

Ignore: Laugh a lot! find humor where ever you go, whom you're with, ; what you do.

Ignore: It's a myth that reaching above your head will cause the umbilical cord to strangle the baby.

Ignore: You can feel your baby's heartbeat resonating with you.

Ignore: Babies begin to open their eyes and should double their weight in the 3rd trimester.

Ignore: Babies start to develop body fat near the end of the 7th month of pregnancy.

Ignore: Babies can grow 1/2 to 3/4 lb per week in the last trimester.