25th Week of Pregnancy
Written by Pregnancy Tips on February 25th, 201025th Week of Pregnancy
By 25th week of pregnancy, your baby weighs around 1 ½ to 1 ¾ pounds and is nearly 13 inches long. Your baby is gaining body fat and because of this wrinkles on her skin are lessening day by day. Most of the time you will find people telling you their guesses about gender of your baby by your appearance or weight gain. You can come to know about whether you are carrying baby boy or baby girl during ultrasound after 20th week. However, it is not the sure way of finding baby’s gender. If you are in no hurry, you will know it in just a few weeks’ time when you will be holding your baby in your hands!
Some of you may experience cramps in your legs. Itching, heartburn and indigestion can also be experienced. Fatigue will keep you from getting enough rest and you will find difficulties going to sleep. Finding perfect sleeping position during pregnancy is difficult. However, sleeping on your sides will certainly help you get some sleep. As you will move further in your pregnancy, going to bed will become more difficult with your growing baby bump. If you sleep on your left side, then it will be beneficial for you and your baby too.
Apart from heartburn and indigestion, you may experience all or some of the following:
You growing uterus is putting pressure on other organs of your body. Lungs may not get enough space to expand compelling you take shorter breaths frequently during pregnancy.
Pressure on the bladder will result in increased restroom visits. You may have to visit restroom for 2-3 times during night. Going back to sleep will be more difficult.
Stress may also keep you from sleeping. Thoughts about arrival of your baby, life after your baby’s birth, if you are working some work place stress etc. may come into the way of catching some sleep during night.
You can buy one of those pregnancy pillows available in the market. You can also get some comfort while sleeping by placing pillows around yourself for support. Healthy eating habits, mild exercise like walking, drinking plenty of water, fresh fruit juices will help your and your baby’s health in the long run. Avoid being in the same position for too long. If you want to bend, bend from knees instead of bending directly.
This week is a busy one for your baby too. Your baby’s lungs are readying for the first breath she will take after birth. Till 25th week of pregnancy, your baby’s openings at the end of the nose were blocked, now they will start opening out. If your baby is born during this week, she has more than 80% chances of survival.
If you experience lower back ache, cramps in lower abdomen with some vaginal discharge, contact your health care provider immediately. The discharge may be urine leak or amniotic fluid. Your health care provider will be able to guide you properly.
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