Week 15

What’s happening this week

Your baby…

• is about the size of a large kiwifruit
• weighs about 70 grams
• hands are ready to grasp and is able to kick against his walls – the amniotic sac
• skin is so thin and translucent you can see the blood vessels through it
• hair growth continues on the head and eyebrows – the scalp hair pattern is developing.

You…

• some women talk about “baby brain”, that pregnancy causes them to be forgetful, clumsy and unable to concentrate.  Take it in your stride!
• your heart is increasing its output to supply the baby with oxygen.

You could feel in an ‘in-between’ state around now – too large for your ordinary clothes, not ready for maternity clothes.