How big is your baby in the 26th week of your pregnancy?

During the 26th week, your baby will be weighing around 1.7 pounds and will be comparable to the size of a bunch of kale. You will feel the weight of your child in your body at this point. Your body will be experiencing loads of changes as the days will pass on, keep consulting your doctor if anything feels wrong. Take care of yourself and your baby as well.

Symptoms you will be experiencing in the 26th week of your pregnancy.

Since your baby is experiencing so many changes, you will experience quite some symptoms

• Bloating and Gas: The pregnancy hormones cause the intestinal muscles to relax to keep the digestive system longer so that the baby absorbs more nutrients. This slows the digestion process so drink lots of water to help things digest in a better way.
• Pregnancy Brain: Your pregnancy brain tends to forget quite some crucial information. Well, this is normal, to avoid confusion, try to list your items in a notepad to avoid any confusion.
• Clumsiness: The loosened joints shift the center of gravity which is causing you to slip or trip than usual. This is temporary but do be careful as you are carrying the baby with you.
• Migraines: Sometimes during pregnancy, headaches are common. However, if you are finding your headache to last days accompanied by nausea and vision changes, let your doctor know about this and prescribe proper migraine medications accordingly.
• Blurred Vision: Pregnancy hormones can decrease tear production causing eye irritation and temporarily altering your vision. Generally, this would become normal after delivery, so just wait till then.
• Round Ligament Pain: Generally due to the expanding uterus, you would start feeling a round ligament pain especially an ache when you get off your feet. So always try to shift your position slowly to not aggravate the pain.

Changes happening in your body during the 26th week of your pregnancy.

When you are about 26 weeks pregnant, you would start having sleepless nights. This is due to leg cramps, heart bumps, pee calls, etc. Also, you would start feeling your baby’s movements more often which can be stressful at times.

Medical Care this Week

• Upcoming Doctor Visits: Your next prenatal appointment will be around 28 weeks. You doctor can recommend certain vaccination between 27 weeks to 36 weeks to protect your baby after birth. If your pregnancy is a high-risk one it will include other tests like
• Contraction Stress Test
• Fetal Non-Stress Test
• Biophysical Profile
• Modified Biophysical Profile
• Doppler Artery

Ultrasound of the 26th week of your pregnancy.

This week’s ultrasound will be an important one as it will examine the well-being, the position, the breathing pattern, and also the amniotic fluid content surrounding the baby. During this week you will know that your baby is growing eyelashes and soon will be fully prepared to come out and see the world with you. Till then hold tight, retain your patience and take care of yourself.

Tips to follow in the 26th week of your pregnancy.

• Take extra care of yourself.

You need to take extra care of yourself at this point. You need to see with whom you are interacting and what you are eating because you definitely don’t want to acquire some lethal disease at this stage. So always be cautious, keep reminding yourself that you have a tiny human growing inside you and you have to take responsibility as well.

• Workout little by little.

Do not let your body become unfamiliar with working out and exercising. Make sure you are stretching out every day. It is always a better option if you do yoga, but make sure you are supervised by someone who is a yoga professional or an instructor. Other than that you can also go for small walks in the evening.

• Communicate with your baby.

It is time you start talking with your baby regularly. Tell them some story, tell them how you feel. Make sounds and see how they react to that if they kick to your sounds. This is an amazing way to keep yourself occupied with something positive and will also help in building a stronger connection with your baby. If you are becoming very anxious to see your child, talk with them. This interaction will work wonders for your mind and heart.

To-Do List for this Week

• Try and eat healthy as well as balanced meals. Do try to avoid any type of raw or undercooked food.
• Do take your prenatal vitamins properly and in time.
• Continue with your prenatal exercise and stretching.
• Apply a moisturizer or ask your partner to do so to take care of your stretching skin.
• Start researching and discussing with your partner about the birth plan