As you begin the second trimester of pregnancy, your placenta has developed and is providing your baby with oxygen, nutrients, and waste disposal. The placenta also produces the hormones progesterone and estrogen, which help to maintain the pregnancy. Tiny fingerprints…
Congratulations on your pregnancy! We take you through your pregnancy week by week. JOIN OUR PREGNANCY FORUM HERE Crown to rump, your baby is about 8cm long and weighs about 40g. Her body is now growing faster than her head. Thanks…
You may not know it when it happens, but your tiny tenant frequently gets the hiccups, which babies learn to do before breathing. Babies don’t make any sound because their windpipe (trachea) is filled with fluid rather than air. Your…
Your baby is now some 10cm long from crown to rump, about the size of an avocado, and weighs about 100g. In the next three weeks she’ll go through a tremendous growth spurt, doubling her weight and adding centimetres to…
Your baby’s skeleton is mostly rubbery cartilage, but will start to harden as the weeks go by. A protective substance called myelin slowly begins to wrap around his spinal cord. Sweat glands are starting to develop all over his body.…
Your baby is about 12cm long from crown to rump and she weighs about 190g. Her chest moves up and down to mimic breathing. Her blood vessels are visible through her thin skin, and her ears are now in their…
Your placenta continues to grow and nourish the baby. Features of your baby’s heart should be visible during an ultrasound. Scalp hair has sprouted and continues to grow. Baby’s legs are reaching their relative size and with the increase muscle…
You are halfway through your pregnancy, 20 weeks marks the midpoint. Your baby can hear and recognize the mother’s voice. The growth of hair on the rest of the body has started and the skin is getting thicker. The heart…
This week she/he is about 26cm long and is steadily gaining weight. Your baby’s bone marrow has started making blood cells, a job done by the liver and spleen until this point. The placenta has provided nearly all of your…
The eyebrows and eyelids are fully developed, and the fingernails cover the fingertips. The senses your baby will use to learn about the world are developing daily. Taste buds have started to form on the tongue, and the brain and…
