Second Trimester
What's Happening to my Body?
Month Four:
During the fourth month your appetite will begin to increase again, and you may find yourself craving certain foods. You may have to urinate more frequently during the nigh t. Despite these changes, you may feel a new calmness-you' re becoming accustomed to pregnancy.
Month Five:
The risk of miscarriage is past. Morning sickness subsides and your appetite continues to increase. You may even have a decrease in your need to urinate as your body adjusts to pregnancy.
Month Six:
You will now feel distinct fetal movements, especially after you palpate your abdomen, eat, drink a cold beverage, or walk for five minutes. You may even feel some achiness in your lower abdomen. By the sixth month, you finally look pregnant. Your skin may itch as it stretches. You may feel some twinges on the side of your belly as the ligaments that support your uterus expand. Surprisingly, you may also take more pleasure in sex. Your breasts will begin to produce colostrum, the baby's first milk.
What's Happening to My Baby?
Month Four:
Your baby weighs about 5 ounces and is between 2 and 3 inches long or the size of the palm of your hand. The head is out of proportion to the body and has ears and eyes now.
Month Five:
The baby is about 4 inches long now. The growth of the baby’s body is now catching up with the head. Fingers and toes are well defined. This is the month you may feel fetal movements and we will be able to detect the baby’s heartbeat with Doppler. This is also the time we are able to detect the sex with ultrasound.
Month Six:
The baby is very active now. He can turn head over heels and kick. He has periods of waking and sleeping. He hiccups and can suck his thumb. His eyes open, close and blink. A baby girl's ovaries are completely formed and contain her lifetime supply of eggs. Male sperm changes every 90 days, but isn't present until adolescence. Hair has begun to grow on the baby’s head, and white eyelashes have appeared. He is covered with a thick covering of vernix, a white creamy substance that protects the baby’s skin. At six months, your baby is about 9- 10 inches long and weighs between 1 and 1.5 pounds.
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- Courtney Lawson