Week 16 of Pregnancy

You are well into the second trimester of your pregnancy duration, in forthcoming days the movement of the baby can be felt, and it brings a lot of happiness into you. Initially you may feel flutter and soon you are going to feel the hiccups and kicks. Soreness in the abdomen increases as your child gets bigger; your breast is slowly getting ready for producing milk for your baby. You may experience changes in mood, headaches, and dizziness at this stage mainly due to continuous pulsing of pregnancy harmones into your system to direct baby growth.

Baby’s growth and development

• At this stage, the baby weighs around 3 and a half ounces and is about 4 to 5 inches long.
  
• Baby’s head is more erect as compared to the previous weeks. The baby starts to look more humanly now.
  
• This is the time period in which your baby’s eye sight and eye lashes are developing. An important fact is that the baby can sense light now, although the eyelids remain shut. Read More...