Key facts about your baby
- Your baby is the size of a carrot, 27cms and weighs about 360g and now weighs more than the placenta.
- Your baby’s movements will now become more timed and you will start to see that there is a pattern. Perhaps the mornings will be more active than the evening or vice versa.
- Your baby will actually begin to sleep in your womb.
- Facial features are becoming more prominent and if you are having a girl, her vagina will also be forming.
What’s happening with you
- Spider veins may also show up as you gain weight throughout your pregnancy. A spider vein is a group of tiny blood vessels that show up close to the surface of your skin. They will usually appear on the legs, face, or ankles.
- Other symptoms include tiredness, stretchmarks, piles, nosebleeds, swollen hands and feet, indigestion, bloating.
- However, if you’re more than 20 weeks pregnant, have a bad headache that lasts for more than two or three hours and paracetamol doesn’t help, it could mean you have high blood pressure.
