You are 28 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 26 weeks)
- The fetus has its own regular intervals for sleeping and being awake.
- The weight has increased to 1000 grams and is 37.5cm in length.
- 2.2 pounds weight and is 14.8 inches in length from head to heel.
- The feet are just over 2 inches (5.5cm) long.
- The hair on the head is now clearly visible.
- The milk teeth have developed under the gums.
- The eyes are starting to move in their sockets.
Brain waves show rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which means your baby may be dreaming. Eyelids are opening. Eye color may change within the first six months of life especially if your baby’s eyes are blue or gray-blue at birth. Remember to talk to your baby often; reading stories, singing songs has been seen to slow the baby’s heart rate. He or she can recognize your voice now and will often calm to it later after birth.
Your uterus will be about 3 inches (7cm) above your bellybutton. During this time of your pregnancy, your belly will grow about half an inch (1cm) each week. If you have been following a nutritious, balanced meal plan, your total weight gain is probably between 17 and 24 pounds (7.5 and 10.5 Kg).
Branches of lungs are quite developed now, so there is a good chance that baby would survive if born prematurely now. If your baby is born this week, the chances of survival is now at least 90 percent. However, some complications are still possible.
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You are 27 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 25 weeks)
- The fetus weighs almost 2 pounds now and is about 14.5 inches long.
- Baby now weighs about 875 grams and is 36.5 cm in length.
- The head is over 2.5 inches (7cm) in diameter.
- Your baby’s hearing continues to develop.
- The eyes can blink, open and close.
Welcome to the third trimester. Congratulations! You have made it 2/3 of the way through. It may be hard to believe, but your baby now appears much like he or she will look like at birth. Baby now has eyebrows and eyelashes and hair is growing everyday. The muscle tone is improving and his or her body is getting plumper.
Your little one’s brain continues its rapid growth. Don’t forget to share music, conversation, and even books with your baby. Baby may start to recognize your voice as well as your partner, so be sure to say lots of nice things.
The retina at the back of your baby’s eyes is beginning to develop. Those beautiful baby eyes can open now, and the baby will notice and may turn his or her head if you shine a flashlight against your belly.
At 27 weeks, your baby’s length will have tripled or quadrupled from the 14 week mark. If your baby is born this week, the chances of survival is now at least 80 percent. However, serious complications are still possible.
From: http://www.baby2see.com/development/week27.html
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A real post? That can’t be! But it is. I needed to give myself a pat on the back. Today I did something I have been going to do for 3 full weeks. I finally took down the Christmas tree! Sure, I wanted to take it down the week after Christmas so I could get stuff done while I was off work… but really I think we all knew it’d never happen. Today though, TODAY is not even a full month after Christmas and that guy is DOWN. That means I win. This. Never. Happens. Right now everything is waiting for Jeff to wake up and put it back away for me. It’s all closed up in boxes (well I need him to close up the actual tree box, but it is mostly crammed in there so it counts) and waiting patiently.
I done good.
You are 26 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 23 weeks)
- The baby measures 14 inches long and weighs over 1.7 pound.
- Baby measures 35.5cm long and weighs over 760 grams.
- The feet are 2 inches (5cm) long. Hands are very active.
- The baby’s eyes begin to open around this time.
The fetus makes breathing movements, but there is no air in the lungs yet. Hands are active and muscle coordination is such that they can get a thumb into the mouth. Thumb sucking calms the baby and strengthens the cheek and jaw muscles.
The fetal brain scan will show response to touch. Touching and playing with the baby is possible now, as they may respond to your touch through your belly wall. Brain growth continues with brain wave activity for the visual and auditory systems starting to develop. Baby is probably very active in the womb, as the most active weeks are typically between weeks 24 and 28.
You may begin feeling your belly tighten and relax at odd moments or irregular intervals. These are Braxton Hicks contractions. They are painless and help the uterus prepare for the birth. Many babies have developed a predictable routine for sleep and active periods. Twins may have entirely different routines from each other.
If your back is feeling the strain of your growing belly, try doing some pelvic rocks to relax it. Stand with your back against the wall, knees slightly bent. As you inhale a breath, press the small of your back against the wall. Exhale and relax your back. You may be experiencing shortness of breath as the uterus is very close to the rib cage at this stage. Some moms are not able to fully expand their rib cages; however, this does not negatively affect the baby in any way.
This week marks the end of month six, which is the last month of the second trimester.
Totally forgot to do this weekend… oops!
You are 25 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 23 weeks)
- The unborn child is 34 cm in length and weighs almost 690 grams.
- Baby is around 13.5 inches in length and weighs 1 and half pounds.
- Bones are becoming solid, hands are now fully developed.
- The brain is growing rapidly, the brain cells are starting to mature.
- The sexual organs are fully developed.
Baby is now pretty well built portion wise even though it still has little body fat and its skin is thin. The structures of the spine begin to form — All 33 rings, 150 joints and 1000 ligaments. The tiny brain is growing rapidly, and the baby is starting to fill the space in your uterus. The uterus is now about the size of a soccer ball and mom looks pregnant.
Your baby’s hands are now fully developed, although some of the nerve connections to the hands have a long way to go. Dexterity is improving. Your baby can make a fist and clasp objects placed in palm. Exploring the structures inside your uterus may have become baby’s prime entertainment. Fascinated by the amount of tactile stimulation a fetus gives itself; it touches a hand to the face, one hand to the other hand, clasps its feet, touches its foot to its leg, its hand to its umbilical cord. Twins will explore each other and begin their bonding.
See: Twins 3D sonagram movie.Blood vessels of the lungs develop. Your baby’s nostrils begin to open. The nerves around the mouth and lip area are showing more sensitivity now. Their swallowing reflexes are developing. Baby can hear sounds outside the womb and the brain cells are starting to mature also. Already it can learn and remember and can recognise its mother and fathers voice.
Babies at 25 weeks of pregnancy stand a 50% chance of survival.
You are 24 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 22 weeks)
- The child is now gaining around 3 ounces (90 grams) a week.
- Baby weighs about 1.3 pounds and is 12 inches long.
- Baby weighs about 600 grams and is 30cm (crown to heel) long.
- The eyelids can be seen very clearly.
- If born at this stage is officially considered viable, they may well be able to survive.
Your baby is producing surfactant. This is stuff that keeps the small air sacs in our lungs from collapsing. The unborn baby is covered with a fine, downy hair and the skin is protected by a waxy substance. Some of this substance may still be on the child’s skin at birth at which time it will be quickly absorbed. The baby practices breathing by inhaling amniotic fluid into developing lungs.
Baby gains about 3 ounces this week. The weight is in muscle, bone mass and organs. The body begins to fill out with his appearance increasingly becoming more like a newborn. Taste buds begin to form. If mom drinks something strange or bitter, baby may be observed showing his or her distaste.
Little creases have appeared on his palms. The muscular coordination of the hands has improved as they sucks their thumb. Over the next week or so, the sweat glands will be forming in the skin. The lungs are developing branches of the respiratory tree and cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps the air sacs inflate easily.
After this week your baby is officially considered viable. 36% of babies can survive premature birth at 24 weeks – However, serious complications are still possible.
Baby now weighs about 1.3 pound (600gm) and is around 12 inches (30cm) long.
AKA: My baby sucks. See?!:
You are 23 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 21 weeks)
- He or she measures over 28cm and weighs up to 550 grams.
- The baby is over 11 inches tall, weighs about a pound.
- The eyebrows are visible.
- The child can successfully suck.
- Bones located in the middle ear harden.
Your baby does a regular ‘workout’ inside your womb. He or she turns from side to side and head over heels. Thanks to a fully developed inner ear, which controls balance, your baby may have a sense of whether he or she is upside-down or right side up in the womb.
Skin pigment is now forming. The fetus is now proportioned like a newborn except it is a thinner version of a newborn baby since its baby fat has not developed much yet.
The pancreas, essential in the production of hormones, is developing steadily. Baby has begun producing insulin, important for the breakdown of sugars.
If born now, your baby would have a 20% chance of survival, the odds going up with each passing day. By this week, your baby weighs a little over 1 pound (500g). Its crown to heel length is 11 inches (28cm).
You may have noticed some absences up in here… I blame Jeff. You see… his XBox, it red-ringed. Which means he had to mail it away to be repaired, and is currently living with the grief. The only way he has been able to come to terms with this sad, pathetic, horrible loss is to attach himself to our computer. Like, literally: attach. He’s not too willing to share either. So I end up not posting everyday after all. You may think this is a cop out. You’re only partially correct.
UPDATE! I never got around to letting you know what my 2 year prize was! You’ll be pleased to know it was both edible and delicious. It was one of those chipwich things! You know, two chocolate chip cookies, ice cream in the middle? Mmm. What else can I quit for prizes?
And since I am now “out” in the real world…
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