thinking in hindsight into the list of good habits. However, now is not about that. You and your noticeably rounded wife successfully survived to the third trimester.

In the third trimester

Yes, dear gentlemen, starting from the seventh month, the lady in the demolitions finally becomes like this uncle from the bus stop.

It is not surprising: the last three months before the birth of the fetus rapidly gaining weight. And what is left for him to do? Physiologically, he is already fully formed, psychophysiologically, it remains to acquire a couple of reflexes and the ability for independent thermoregulation. In a word, little things. He just grows himself, increasing his mother's belly to an incredible size.

In the last trimester of pregnancy, I was able to appreciate how wise nature is after all. I mean that a man and a woman at the final stage of pregnancy face different tasks. You need to start preparing the most convenient place for the future child, she needs to physically and mentally prepare yourself for childbirth. It was here that nature took care of the freedom of your hands and the sobriety of thoughts. Let me explain. The fact is that a woman in the last trimester is immersed in herself. She is preoccupied with her own feelings and internal communication with the child.

Solitude during this period brings her pleasure, and allows you to come to grips with home improvement. Before moving on to the technical details of the targeted improvement in square meters, a few points about the spouse and her well-being.

Good to know

Maternity leave is a paid leave that lasts from 140 to 246 days depending on individual circumstances (multiple pregnancies, etc.). Your spouse has the right to go on vacation 70 days before the expected date of delivery.

Leave to care for a child up to one and a half years is paid by the state, and not by the organization in which the newly-made parent works. The allowance is 40% of the average monthly salary.

The main problem in late pregnancy is swelling, varicose veins, shortness of breath, and frequent urination. This is natural (the stomach presses on the internal organs, a large load on the vessels). Proper diet, physical activity and rest is the only panacea for all this.

No matter how well the pregnancy proceeds, another ultrasound examination at 32-34 weeks is a must.

It doesn’t hurt to get a bandage and special compression stockings closer to the eighth month - it will be much easier for your wife.

In the ninth month, she may experience lower back pain and so-called false contractions - irregular contractions of the muscles of the uterus. There is nothing to be afraid of, just relax or change your position.

On this, perhaps you can complete the instructions for handling a woman in late pregnancy.

Preparing a child's room
The main question that worries the future dad, who is watching his wife's belly growing exponentially, is the following: how to prepare a strictly limited number of square meters of a joint home for the appearance of a baby? At the same time, it is desirable with minimal financial losses and maximum convenience. The question, frankly, is not easy and even some kind of mocking in the conditions of our price situation, but it will have to be solved. Let's go in order (it's easier to decide).

The decor of the children's room primarily depends on its (room) presence or absence. But even in a one-room apartment, you will have to allocate a corner for the child. How best to furnish it? First, do not litter the space with unnecessary things. It's okay if the playpen is brought home when the need arises, it does not have to take root and accumulate dust throughout the year. All items of care and furniture should be in their places so that the young mother is as convenient and comfortable as possible.

Aerobatics

If you don't like the idea of ​​buying a fantastic sum of money and your hands are fine, you can try to make it yourself. The idea is not mine, but one person already did this once. So THIS is real. It turns out that a changing table can be made from a finished countertop (or a suitable board measuring about 70 by 80 centimeters) and four cuttings from a mop. In addition, you will need four bolts with screw threads on one side and a self-tapping screw on the other, as well as two ½ plumbing outlets 20 centimeters long each.

Branches are needed so that the attachment point is more reliable. To do this, each of them must be cut in half (10 centimeters each) and put on a former mop (if it doesn’t fit, cut it off). For a self-tapping screw in the handle, drill a hole one and a half millimeters smaller than the diameter of the self-tapping screw. Screw in a self-tapping screw (it is difficult by hand, you can try using the nut on the back of the bolt).

It remains only to saw off in the right place, focusing on the growth of the wife, and chamfer with a file so as not to spoil the floor. Attach the legs to the tabletop - the table is ready. (Personally, I just bought a suitable table. This is on amateur.)

It should be remembered that the center of the children's room is the crib. This piece of furniture is a semi-stationary bed-type structure with sides and the functionality of creating rhythmic vibrations.

Some parents prefer to put the baby in their bed, thereby solving the problem of night feedings, followed by sleepy parents rocking a rather awake child. This compromise solution is not always true: the baby can get used to co-sleeping and it will be much more difficult to wean him from this. It can be recommended to take the “cub” to you for the time of feeding and falling asleep, but with its subsequent obligatory return to its sleeping place. So whatever one may say, the child should have his own bed - take care of it.
If you don’t like something in a child’s environment (practice will show), we experiment and rearrange. Here the mathematical law on the permutation of terms and the invariance of the sum is absolutely inapplicable. Yes, and feng shui does not work, if that.

Bathroom. Prepare a bathing area for the baby. It is necessary to make sure that two adults can easily turn around in the bathroom. It is said that some children do not like to swim. Lie. You just need to determine the time when the child adequately responds to water procedures. Determined by trial and error. You will need to bathe the baby every day, so it is in your own interests to foresee everything so that the procedure is as easy as possible for both parties - the participants in the bath. The presence of the father during this process is without fail, including for security reasons. You can take over, for example, preparing a bathroom. Rinse the tub and the slide, draw water, watch the temperature. Coming in late from work is no excuse. Bathe late at night.

Stroller. How many manufacturers, so many opinions about the perfect stroller. These companies did not pay me for advertising, so I, as an independent person, just try to think logically. First of all, the stroller must be free to enter and fit in the elevator with at least one person nearby. Therefore, the choice of a stroller should begin with measurements of the elevator and the doorway. If your house does not have an elevator at all, then the matter is simplified: you just need to find a light (the lightest!) stroller. Wheelchair accessories must be mosquito net and rain cover. The rest is a matter of taste. Now there are different strollers-transformers.

If your spouse did not do weightlifting or wrestling in her youth, then this is not for her - they are very difficult. There is a way out: two-in-one strollers (the wheels remain the same, but the “top” can be changed - winter and summer).

Baby changing table. You can buy or make your own. Be sure to place a separate bucket with a lid (for used diapers) in the immediate vicinity of it (or better immediately below it). Don't forget to put a trash bag in it.

Clothes dryer. It is as essential as air. Now you will have to wash it all the time, so the chronic "veil" of all the ropes and furniture in the house is guaranteed to you if you do not organize a dryer.

On this I, perhaps, will end my instructive speeches. All other tips for improving the house will be prompted by life itself, after a small but very demanding relative appears in it.

What to put in the generic package
"Forewarned is forearmed". The good old adage still does not misfire. Until the ninth month of pregnancy, everyone is usually aware of what will happen, what it is worth preparing for in advance, etc. By this time, the mother herself and her closest relatives have read a lot of thematic and not very literature. The Internet is turned upside down in search of priceless information. But! They always forget an extra towel or ... a shave. But everyone knew exactly what to do, roughly speaking, if a shell hits the building of the maternity hospital.

So, I do not know what to do when childbirth and war begin at the same time. But from my own experience I can tell you what to do if the war is slowing down, and childbirth is expected any day.

First of all, you need to collect