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Your baby’s ears, lips, and nose are also recognizable on the ultrasound. Your appetite may also increase during the 18 weeks, you’ll need plenty of energy for you and your baby. -
By now your baby has mastered how to yawn along with hiccups, which you could feel as well. You could see the baby yawning in your ultrasound you have every month. Also your baby can fully hear you by this week. Here are some symptoms at 18 weeks pregnant:
Fetal Movement
Bloating and gas
Leg cramps
Bleeding gums
Edema ( swelling in feet and ankles)
Stretch Marks -
Here are some symptoms at 18 weeks pregnant:
Fetal Movement
Bloating and gas
Leg cramps
Bleeding gums
Edema ( swelling in feet and ankles)
Stretch Marks -
swollen and bleeding gums
bloating and constipation
indigestion and heartburn
feeling hot
urine infections
vaginal infections
greasier, spotty skin
thicker and shinier hair -
By 19 weeks your baby is big as a heirloom tomato. The skin on your baby’s fingers and toes have formed in patterns, the fingerprints are unique and permanent. -
At 20 weeks pregnant, you may also feel a little bit more like yourself again. Symptoms like fatigue or nausea may have subsided. You might have heard pregnancy nausea referred to as morning sickness, but pregnancy sickness can strike at any time – morning, noon, or night. Alongside changes in your symptoms, you may also have your anatomy scan either this week or in the coming weeks, when you might be able to find out the sex of your baby. This can add a new level of excitement. -
At 20 weeks your baby can taste, many of your baby’s taste buds can now transmit signals to their brain. But your baby is now a size of a banana. Your baby’s swallowing more and producing meconium: a black gooey substance you’ll see in the first dirty diaper. Anemia is also very common during pregnancy. -
Your baby is now a size of a carrot. Your baby's sucking reflex is starting to develop, and your baby can suck their thumb. (You may have seen this on an ultrasound!) Smooth, gorgeous skin is in your baby's future – but for now, their skin is wrinkled and translucent. It appears red because of visible blood vessels.You're more prone to varicose veins now. As your pregnancy progresses, the weight of your uterus puts increasing pressure on the veins in your legs. -
As your belly grows, it's important to avoid unsafe activities that have a high risk of falling or other dangers. That includes scuba diving, contact sports, snowboarding, downhill skiing, hot yoga, horseback riding, hot tubbing, four wheelers, water slides, and some amusement park rides.From the outside, your little one may be leaving his/her mark in the form of stretch marks — pink, red, purple, reddish-brown or dark brown streaks that can appear as your belly expands. -
A layer of fat is forming under your baby's skin. Someday you'll kiss your little one's chubby rolls, but for now, your baby's body is still very skinny. Pregnancy acne is very common, and can strike even if you've never had pimples before. (Pregnancy-related hormone changes are probably to blame.) -
As your belly grows, it's important to avoid unsafe activities that have a high risk of falling or other dangers. That includes scuba diving, contact sports, snowboarding, downhill skiing, hot yoga, horseback riding, hot tubbing, four wheelers, water slides, and some amusement park rides. From the outside, your little one may be leaving his/her mark in the form of stretch marks — pink, red, purple, reddish-brown or dark brown streaks that can appear as your belly expands.