And they don’t mean you’re going into labor! They aren’t painful-they feel sort of like a band tightening around your uterus or your belly getting hard. What? Was that a contraction?! This month may be the very first time your uterus starts some little practice runs, otherwise known as Braxton Hicks contractions (first described in 1872 by the British OB, John Braxton Hicks).
Your curled up baby is about the size of a big, red pomegranate. 21 Weeks Pregnant is How Many Months?Īt 21 weeks, you’ve been pregnant for 4 and 3/4 months…just past half-way to the finish line. That’s the type of sleep associated with dreaming and simple remembering (of sounds, sights and general feelings). And, all these miraculous changes are happening effortlessly! In fact, your baby is snoozing away most of the day and has just begun to have rapid eye movement sleep or REM.
If you have a tiny girl baking inside of you, her vagina is now forming, and if you have a boy, his testes will soon begin to descend (drop) from inside his belly into his scrotum and the clitoris will grow into a penis. Interestingly, all babies start out looking like little…girls! But, now things start to change.
#No amniotic fluid at 21 weeks skin
Her skin is so thin that her veins are easily visible, a blue-lined street map of her circulatory system. She has grown a bunch, but has not yet started to pack on the body fat necessary to keep her warm after she’s born. This is a nice little low-tech-but high value-way to keep track of your baby’s healthy growth and your level of amniotic fluid.Īt 21 weeks, your beautiful baby still has a pretty scrawny and wrinkled body. Did your parents ever keep track of your annual growth by making a mark on the wall or hall doorway? Well, on your next OB or midwife visit, don’t be surprised if they pull out a measuring tape and start keeping track of your fundal height (aka the distance from your pubic bone to the top of your burgeoning baby bundle).
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