20 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY;SIZE ,WEIGHT AND DEVELOPMENT

HOW YOUR BABY'S GROWING

Up until now your baby has been measured from head to rump but from this point on the measurement will be from crown to  heel. This week your baby measures about 25.6cm or the length of a banana and weight about 300g .

You are halfway to your due date and your baby is becoming more active every day. Even if you are still waiting to feel that first exciting kick, your baby is busy flexing and stretching / She is probably sucking her thumbs or fingers.. too.

At your anomaly scan which will take place between 18 weeks and 20 weeks.. the sonographer will measure your baby's head circumference. This is because it can be difficult to measure your baby's length accurately when she's curled up.

A whitish coat of a slick  fatty substance called vernix  caseosa begins to cover your baby/ It acts as a moisturizer  and lubricant helping to protect her delicate skin from drying out in the amniotic fluid./  Vernix  also plays a role in birth by helping  to ease your baby down the birth canal.