As big as an avocado, as heavy as a chocolate bar—as big as a carrot and as heavy as a pair of flip-flops!
When you're 16 weeks pregnant, your baby will develop a white, greasy substance on its wrinkled skin. This is called vernix It is called *cradle cap* and consists of fine hair, dead skin cells, and oil from your baby’s glands. This waxy substance protects your baby from harmful effects of the amniotic fluid. Shortly after birth, there is often still some vernix on your baby's skin.
By 16 weeks, the baby has already developed a sucking reflex. He can already start sucking his thumb!
Between 16 and 20 weeks, the baby is constantly move more smoothly. During this time, most pregnant women will feel the baby move for the first time!
Starting at 19 weeks, it begins hearing It works, and the baby listens along with you!
For the pregnant women There’s a big difference between the first trimester and the first part of the second trimester. Many women start to feel better again starting at 16 weeks! Less tired and nauseous and I'm not really bothered by a big belly yet.
The 20-week ultrasound is very important during this period. If you choose to have one, it’s best to schedule it between 18 and 20 weeks.
The 20 Weekly Echo is not a recreational ultrasound, but a medical examination. The main purpose of the 20 Weekly Echo It can be used to determine whether the baby has spina bifida or anencephaly. The development of the baby’s organs is also examined in detail. In the process, other physical abnormalities may be detected.
So, it’s a very exciting ultrasound! We’re having this ultrasound done at the prenatal screening center in Amersfoort. There are several sonographers there who perform many of these ultrasounds. This improves the quality and makes it possible to have the ultrasound reviewed by multiple sonographers.
And then… 20 weeks—halfway through the pregnancy!
