Week 26 of your Pregnancy

You

The end of this week marks the end of the second trimester. It’s time to take a look down at your beautiful belly - can you believe your unborn baby is snuggled up in there, waiting to come out and meet you? Though your back may be starting to ache and your sleep a bit disrupted due to the difficulty in finding a comfortable position, it’s now only a few months until you will be able to hold your newborn in your arms and promise to love him for ever. That makes all those little discomforts, and even stretch marks and haemorrhoids, seem unimportant in the big scheme of things!

Baby

Your baby weighs just under a kilogram (though of course, the swimming pool you’re carrying around for him makes all that extra belly weigh heaps more!) Around about now, your baby might even start to respond to gentle pressure on your tummy. The next couple of weeks will be baby’s most active time in the womb; as he gets bigger, he will be squished in and his movement restricted.

Photo: Fetus at 26 weeks - Scan provided by
Sydney Ultrasound for Women

2nd Trimester Week by Week

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(Weeks 1-12)
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(Weeks 27-40)

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