Week 22

What’s happening this week

Your baby…

• measures about 19cm
• can now hear your voice – if you talk, read or sing to your baby
• the skeleton is developing rapidly as the bone forming cells increase their activity
• taste buds have started to form on the tongue
• fetus can feel touch as brain and nerve endings are forming
• baby boy’s testes have begun to descend from the abdomen
• baby girl’s uterus and ovaries are in place and vagina is developed.

You…

• may find this an enjoyable time of pregnancy – the aches and pains are fading and you’re not too large to be uncomfortable
• libido may be increased.

This is a good time to think ahead for what you’ll need for your baby – even if, like many mothers, you don’t want to start buying anything yet. If you are working, your progressing pregnancy may mean some adjustments at work.