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You are in Week 22 of Your Pregnancy |
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Size: 7.6 inches
Weight: 12.25 ounces
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| Source: "Improved birth weight table for neonates developed from gestations dated by early ultrasonography."
Journal of Ultrasound Medicine. 16:241, 1997. |
Your Baby
Eyelids, eyebrows, and even fingernails have developed. By now your baby's liver, with some help from Mom, is starting to break down bilirubin, a substance produced by red blood cells. If your baby can not sufficiently break down this material by birth, he might be slightly jaundiced and need to be placed under lights.
You
Need to get away? Now's the time to do it, while your feeling good and your not too big. Just make sure you stay hydrated, take breaks during the day, and stay away from places where the drinking water might be hazardous.
But wouldn't you know it--now that you're ready to bear it all on the beach, you notice stretch marks on your belly, hips, buttocks, breasts--why, they're everywhere! Some women get them and some don't, and creams and lotions aren't much help. Odds are if your mother got them, then you will too. Rapid weight gain can also be a factor.
