Pregnancy Signs & Symptoms, Week by Week Pregnancy Guide

The majority of the parents are curious about the baby at 20 weeks pregnant.

If this is your case, you should expect to have your first ultrasound around the 20^th week of pregnancy.

Most probably you will be surprised to see that although there used to be nothing in your belly, now you have an ‘almost’ fully formed baby.

General information about the 20 weeks pregnant baby

If you will have a baby girl, you should know that her uterus is already fully formed and in her ovaries there are over 7 million eggs. On the other hand, in case you will have a little boy, his testicles already started descending from the abdomen to their final destination, the scrotum.

Physical changes of the baby at 20 weeks pregnant

When thinking about the baby during the 20^th week of pregnancy you should know that the little one is of about one and a half inches long and he or she weighs over ten ounces. Although you might think that the baby is big already, it is good to know that there is still a lot of room for the baby to grow. As a result the little one has a lot of space to move around.

The parents thinking about the baby at 20 weeks pregnant should know that at the beginning of the pregnancy the legs of the baby are curled up against his chest and so the baby is difficult to measure. This is why the babies are measured from head to rump.

What to know about the 20^th pregnancy week baby

It is cute to know about the baby that he or she is already practicing swallowing. This trains the digestive system of the little one. Since the baby is digesting, it is just natural that there is a by-product produced known as meconium. You will see this in the first diaper.

It’s all about the noise for the baby during the 20^th pregnancy week

As a parent you might already know that the eyes of the baby can already sense light. But you might not know that the baby can already recognize the voice of his or her mother through the womb.

At this stage, even the smallest details of the baby at 20 weeks pregnant seem interesting. You should know that the toenails and the fingernails are already visible and now the hair starts to grow on his or her entire body.