Pregnancy Week 30
How big is your baby? Your baby will be weighing in at around 2.91 pounds (1.319kg) and measuring 15.71inches (39.9cm). How big are you? Your uterus now sits about 4 inches (10 cm) above your bellybutton and about 12inches (23cm) above your pubic symphysis. At this stage of your pregnancy you may feel as if you are beginning to run outof room or that you may actually explode at any minute. Not to worry, you only haveanother 10 weeks to go . The bad news is that your uterus, placenta and baby willget bigger, although you will certainly not explode.…
Pregnancy Week 29
How big is your baby? Your baby will be weighing in at around 2.54 pounds (1.153kg) and measuring 15.2inches (38.6cm). How big are you? Your uterus now sits about 2.75-3.93 inches (7.5-10cm) above your bellybutton andabout 11.4 inches (29cm) above your pubic symphysis. Your total weight gain by this week should be around 18- 27 pounds (8.5-12.25kg). How is your baby developing and growing Your babys lungs will be developed enough that he/she would be able to breath air.Your babys brain is now developed enough that it can control rhythmic breathing,and so if your baby were to be born now,…
Pregnancy Week 28
How big is your baby? Your baby will be weighing in at around 2.22 pounds (1.005kg) and measuring 14.80 inches (37.6cm). Just to think, about 11 weeks ago your baby only weighed in at around 5.35 ounces (100g)! How big are you? Your uterus may be well above your umbilicus by now. In some pregnancies growth may be slow and others, it may seem, as if it has happened over night. Your uterus will be about 3.14 inches (8cm) above your bellybutton, about 11.02 inches (28cm) from pubic symphysis to the top of your uterus. As your uterus continues to…
Pregnancy Week 27
How big is your baby? Congratulations! This week is the beginning of yourthird trimester. Your baby now weighs 1.93 pounds (875g) and measures from headto toe at around 14.41 inches (36.6cm). How big are you? Your uterus is about 2.75inches (7cm) above your bellybutton and more than 10.62inches (27cm) above your pubic symphysis. How is your baby developing and growing Your baby's eyes first appear at around 5 weeks aftergestation and look like a pair of shallow grooves on each side of the brain. Thesegrooves continue to develop and will turn into pockets, called optical vesicles,of which the lenses will…