Your Guide to Being 17 Weeks Pregnant: How did you feel in month five? Your baby’s main job this week is to plump out. She’s now about the right size to fit into your palm, and is developing a layer of fat under her skin. This will help keep her warm after the birth, but…
Your Guide to Being 23 Weeks Pregnant: How do you feel at 23 weeks? Your baby is still small enough to move around freely in the womb, but by this stage many have already settled into a head-down position. This is the best position for birth but if she’s still head-up, there’s plenty of time…
Your Guide to Being 22 Weeks Pregnant: How do you feel at 22 weeks? At 22 weeks, your baby now has the proportions of a newborn, although she’s still got a lot of weight to gain before the birth. Her skin still looks wrinkled because she has only one per cent body fat. Her eyes…
Your Guide to Being 16 Weeks Pregnant: This week, your baby will start to blink. She’s growing quickly at the moment, and will double her weight in the next three weeks. Her bones are starting to ossify (harden), with the exception of her skull; these bones will stay softer until the birth, so they can…
Your Guide to Being 15 Weeks Pregnant: At 15 weeks, the bones in your baby’s ear that are responsible for hearing are developing, and her taste buds are sprouting, too. From now on, she’ll get a flavour of whatever you eat via the amniotic fluid. One study showed that unborn babies swallow more amniotic fluid…
Your Guide to Being 12 Weeks Pregnant: How your baby is growing Your baby is essentially fully formed now. Everything has appeared – right down to the tiny vocal cords! All that remains to be done now is to grow and develop. Your baby’s face is changing, as facial features shift closer to their correct…
Your Guide to Being 11 Weeks Pregnant: How your baby is growing Growth accelerates dramatically, with your baby more than doubling in size over the next month. Fingers and toes lose their webbing and bones begin to harden. Circulatory and urinary systems begin working. And organs start practising the functions they’ll need to undertake later…
Your Guide to Being 10 Weeks Pregnant: How your baby is growing All your baby’s major organs are complete and the intestines are moving from the umbilical cord into the abdomen. Ears have formed, both inner and outer, and the lips are visible. Your baby’s genitals are starting to form, although at this stage they’re…
Your Guide to Being 9 Weeks Pregnant: How your baby is growing Your baby starts to look more like a baby now, and is beginning to move like one too. The tiny fingers are making grasping movements and exploring everything in range – particularly the umbilical cord, which is usually within easy reach. Touch is…
Your Guide to Being 8 Weeks Pregnant: How your baby is growing The brain is growing rapidly now so your baby’s head is huge in comparison to the body. Muscles start to twitch as they contract, getting ready for independent movement. Bone and cartilage begins to form, and a tiny bud tongue appears. Ears start…
