All Entries in the "Pregnancy" Category
Early Signs Of Pregnancy, Pregnancy Calculator: Week 24
Your Baby’s Development Your baby is still receiving oxygen through the placenta. But once birth occurs, his or her lungs will start taking in oxygen on their own. In preparation for that, your baby’s lungs are developing the ability to produce surfactant. Surfactant is a substance that keeps the air sacs in our lungs from [...]
Pregnancy Trimesters, Teenage Pregnancy: Week 23
Your Baby’s Development Even though fat is beginning to accumulate on your baby’s body, the skin still hangs loosely, giving your baby a wrinkled appearance. Your baby’s daily workout routine includes moving the muscles in the fingers, toes, arms, and legs regularly. As a result. vou may feel more forceful movements. By now your baby [...]
Pregnancy Symptoms, During Pregnancy: Week 22
Your Baby’s Development 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 nerve endings are formed enough Sc) that the fetus can feel touch. Your baby may experiment with this newfound sense of touch by stroking his [...]
Pregnancy Calendar, Pregnancy Calculator : Week 21
Your Baby’s Development The amniotic fluid that has cushioned and supported your baby in the uterus now serves another purpose. The intestines have developed enough that small amounts of sugars can be absorbed from the fluid your baby swallows and will be passed through the digestive system to the large bowel. Almost all of your [...]
Pregnancy Calculator, Symptoms Of Pregnancy: Week 20
Your Baby’s Development You’re halfway there! Twenty weeks into your pregnancy, your baby has grown significantly from that first dividing cell and now weighs about 11 ounces (312 grams) and measures about 6.3 inches (16 cm) from crown to rump. The baby is taking up increasing room in your uterus, and continued growth will [...]
Pregnancy Calendar, Pregnancy Calculator : Week 19
Your Baby’s Development Your baby is now covered with a white, waxy substance called vernix caseosa, which helps prevent delicate skin from becoming chapped or scratched. Premature babies may be covered in this cheesy coating at delivery. Your baby is still tiny, but this week brings the development of brown fat, which will help keep [...]
Pregnancy Pictures, Pregnancy Calendar: Week 18
Your Baby’s Development Ears move to their final position and they stand out from the head. And start brushing up on your lullabies — in the coming weeks, your baby will probably be able to hear! The bones of the middle ear and the nerve endings from the brain are developing so that your baby [...]
Early Signs Of Pregnancy, Pregnancy Calculator: Week 17
Your Baby’s Development At about 5.1 inches (13 cm) from crown to rump and weighing 4.9 ounces (140 grams), your baby is still very tiny. The placenta, which nourishes the fetus with nutrients and oxygen and removes wastes, is growing to accommodate your baby. It now contains thousands of blood vessels that bring nutrients [...]
Pregnancy Calculator, Symptoms Of Pregnancy: Week 16
Your Baby’s Development Your baby now weighs about 3.9 ounces (110 grams) and measures about 4.7 inches (12 cm) in length from crown to rump. Your baby can hold his or her head erect, and the development of facial muscles allows for a variety of expressions, such as squinting and frowning. Your Body Between [...]
Symptoms Of Pregnancy, Pregnancy Calendar: Week 15
Your Baby’s Development Parents are often amazed by the softness of their newborn’s skin. Your baby’s skin has been continuously developing, and it is so thin and translucent that you can see the blood vessels through it. Hair growth continues on the eyebrows and the head. Your baby’s ears are almost in position now, [...]
