MOTHER:
- May begin to feel your baby move, this is called quickening. Many women describe a fluttering sensation.
- As your uterus reaches your navel or belly button, you will begin to show more.
- You are going to the bathroom more often because your kidneys work harder in pregnancy.
- You are likely still enjoying your pregnancy at this point with few symptoms that plague you.
BABY:
- You may begin to feel your baby move, since he or she is developing muscles and exercising them. This first movement is called quickening.
- Hair begins to grow on baby’s head. Your baby’s shoulders, back, and temples are covered by a soft fine hair called lanugo. This hair protects your baby and is usually shed at the end of the baby’s first week of life.
- The baby’s skin is covered with a whitish coating called vernixcaseosa. This “cheesy” substance is thought to protect baby’s skin from the long exposure to the amniotic fluid. This coating is shed just before birth.
- Fetus is 10 – 17 cm in length and weighs about 55 – 120 gm.