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At 19 weeks pregnant your baby is now close to 6 inches from crown to rump about the size of an heirloom tomato, but only weighs about 7 ounces.
If you’re a new mommy-to-be, you are most likely having a number of symptoms you are not accustomed to experiencing. […]
When you think about what to pack for the hospital when having a baby, start early: You don’t want to leave the packing until your water breaks and your contractions are one minute apart!
By the time you are 18 weeks pregnant, your baby’s bones are beginning to ossify, as cartilage hardens into bone. If you could see a picture of your baby now, he would look more like an infant — and less like the alien of just a few weeks ago.
At 17 weeks pregnant, your baby is close to 5 inches long and weighs 3.5 ounces.
The finding is based on a small study that tracked fetal reactions to repetitive use of mobile phones during pregnancy among more than two dozen resident physicians while they were pregnant.
Is it normal to have constipation during pregnancy? Unfortunately, yes. Throughout your pregnancy, hormonal changes can result in sluggish digestion.
At 16 weeks pregnant you may feel your baby move this week — but don’t worry if you do not. Fetal movement — known as “quickening” — is normally detectable by the mother any time between the 16th and the 20th week of pregnancy.
Everyone thinks that breastfeeding comes naturally. But for infants born prematurely or who are ill at birth, that often isn’t the case. Some babies, even healthy ones, just plain struggle with the mechanics of suckling, becoming more frantic by the hour as their anxious moms try desperately to feed them.
At 15 weeks pregnant, if you could see your child’s hands, you would be astonished by how perfect they look compared to just a few weeks ago.