Once you are 23 weeks pregnant, you can now feel the top of your uterus around 2 inches from your belly button. Your baby is now 11 inches long and weighs 1 ¼ to 1 ½ pounds. The baby’s brain is also growing rapidly. Taste buds are developing and the lungs are being developed. In [...]
By the stage of pregnancy 22 week, your baby has now taken the form of a newborn baby, but is extremely small. A great deal of development will continue to occur throughout the pregnancy stages. At 22 weeks pregnant you will be surprised to know that the baby’s skin appears wrinkly, but this is because [...]
As you reach pregnancy 21 week, your baby continues to develop. The lungs are growing even more, but there is evidence that your baby’s sense of taste is developing. Your baby weighs about 10 – 14 ounces, and you at 21 weeks pregnant begin to perceive more of your baby’s movements which let you know [...]
20 weeks pregnant mother is quite apparent and reflects that the woman is in a pregnant state. The baby now weighs 9 ounces and is around 6 inches long. There are more layers of skin developing on the baby now. There are four layers of epidermis which are inclusive of the skin under the feet, [...]
The different stages till pregnancy 19 week have shown the development of the fetus from a speck to a baby which is almost 6 inches in length and about seven ounces in weight. 19 weeks pregnant signifies the baby well formed kicking around in the mother’s womb. The baby will grow to another fifteen times [...]
Spotting during early pregnancy is a panicky situation for the most of the women. Vaginal bleeding or even spotting during pregnancy is a reason for expectant mothers to see their doctor immediately and avoid any further complications in their late trimesters and delivery. At least 20-25% of pregnant women have spotting or bleeding during their [...]
The mother must have gained at least twenty pounds by the pregnancy week 18, but after this the weight gain should slow down. Because of the uterus expanding it will not be very comfortable for the mother to lie down and turn around easily. 18 weeks pregnant mother should try and lie more on their [...]
During pregnancy week 17 the baby is 5 inches long and about 3 1/2 ounces in weight. The development is more and the cartilages of the skeletal frame are forming into bones. Once you are at 17 weeks pregnant, the baby’s movements are more pronounced though some women cannot make out, but for others they [...]
