preg_week7You:

Congratulations!!!

By 20th week, your doctor would recommend an ultrasound. This ultrasound ensures that your baby is developing properly and helps the doctor to identify any birth defects or potential problems. Your doctor will check your baby’s size, the position of the placenta and the umbilical cord and re-estimate the due date accordingly.

PHYSICAL CHANGES:

  • Increase in body weight

EMOTIONAL CHANGES:

  • Preparing mind and body for new challenges
  • Restlessness

Your Baby:

The baby can recognize its mother’s voice. Both the toe and fingernails are growing. The growth of hair on the rest of the body has started. The skin is getting thicker. The muscle strength and neurons connected to her brain continue to develop, her movements become more coordinated.

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