Week 19

What’s happening this week

Your baby…

  • an impressive week for growth – increasing to around 240 grams
  • now about the size of a taco
  • lanugo (fine hair) appears all over the baby’s body
  • eyelashes develop
  • permanent teeth buds are forming behind the already formed milk teeth buds
  • if you are having a girl her ovaries contain primitive egg cells.

You…

  • breasts begin secreting colostrum in preparation for nursing
  • may be bothered by varicose veins (caused by the enlarged uterus interfering with blood flow in the lower extremities).

As pregnancy progresses, you may feel hungrier. You may start thinking about those first few moments after your baby is born.