Pregnancy 21 weeks – the development of the fetus and sensation of a woman

Pregnancy Calendar for weeks – Pregnancy Twenty-one week – condition, sensations, signs of mother. Fruit development on the 21st week of pregnancy, photo

So you approached the finish line. The term of 21 weeks is a kind of equator (middle), it corresponds to 19 weeksM of fetal development. So, you are in the sixth month, and surely have already become accustomed to the light flush and movement in your stomach (these sensations will accompany you to childbirth).

Feelings of a woman on the 21st week

Twenty-first obstetric week – the opening of the second half of pregnancy. Half a complex, but a pleasant way already passed. For the twenty-first week, you can hardly detect any constantly disturbing discomfort, but there are periodic painful sensations that are compensated by one pleasant (distinct chapels of the baby in the tummy):

• Pulls the belly (reason: tension of the uterus ligaments and the extension of the pelvis);
• The appearance of hemorrhoids and bleeding from the rear pass;
• Back pain;
• Abundant discharge from the vagina;
• The appearance of colostrum;
• Breston Hicks low-touch fights (such a phenomenon does not bring harm neither mother nor a child. Most likely, these are the so-called “training” contractions. If you have too painful – consult a doctor);
• An increase in appetite (will accompany future mom up to 30 weeks);
• The appearance of shortness of breath;
• Frequent visit to the toilet, especially at night;
• Heartburn;
• Edema foot.

As for external changes, they have a place here:

• Sharp weight set (about half of that weight you have already scored);
• Reinforced hair growth and nails;
• Increased sweating;
• Increasing foot size;
• Appearance Stretch.

What they write on the forums?

Irina:

So we got until 21 weeks. Thank God, began to feel like a person, although sometimes I feel unreasoning. Mood changed. Then everything and everything infuriates, then again a smile on all 32 teeth, especially when the kid moves!

Masha:

We have 21 weeks. We have a boy!
I think I add a lot in weight and it bothers me, however, the doctor said that everything is normal. Again resumed problems with sleep. Every two hours I wake up to the toilet, and then I can not sleep.

Alina:

Recently were on ultrasound! The husband is just on the seventh heaven from happiness that we have a son! I feel like a fairy tale. Only there is one “but” – problems with the chair. I can’t go to the toilet. Hellish pain and periodically blood!

Albina:

The tummy I have quite small, the hell is only 2 kg, but the doctor says that everything is fine. Toxicosis Recently only left me alone, but I don’t want to eat at all. I basically fruits and vegetables! Very often pulls back, but a little long and everything is fine.

Katia:

With appetite something strange, I want to eat like from the starving edge, I don’t want anything. Gus already 7 kg! Karapuz moves very often, and the folder heard the folder! Soon we will find out who God has awarded us!

Nastya:

Scored 4 kg, now weigh 54! I became a lot there. No day without sweet! I try to walk often so as not to gain that weight that does not need at all! Puzzistor OUR often moves and kicks!

What happens in the mother’s body on the 21st week?

This is a relatively quiet period, in contrast to the first three months of the expectation of the kid.

• An additional circle of blood circulation appears – placental, through which the placenta can pass up to 0.5 ml of blood every minute;
• The uterus increases;
• The bottom of the uterus gradually rises, and the topmost edge reaches a position by 1.2 cm above the navel;
• The mass of the heart muscle increases;
• The volume of blood circulating in the body increases by an average of 35% relative to the norm of the average non-embled woman.

Development of the fetus on the 21st week

Exterior of the fetus:

• Your child already grows to an impressive size of 18-28 cm, and weighs already about 400 grams;
• The skin becomes smoother and acquires natural color due to subcutaneous fatty fiber;
• The body of the kid acquires more rounded shapes;
• Finally completes the formation of eyebrows and cilia (it is already able to blink);
• In the gums already appear the fasteners of dairy teeth.

Education and functioning of organs and systems:

• The internal organs of the fetus by 21 weeks finish their formation, but they are not yet debugged;
• Almost all endocrine glands already perform their functions: pituitary gland, pancreas, thyroid, adrenal glands and sex glands;
• It turns on to the work of the spleen;
• The central nervous system (CNS) is improved and the child is awake in the period of activity and rest during sleep;
• The digestive system is developed so much that the kid can inject the oily water, and the stomach in turn separates water and sugar from them and skips up to the rectum;
• Taste nipples develop in the language of the puzzle; Very soon the kid will be able to distinguish the sweet from the saline, bitterly from sour. (Attention: the taste of amniotic fluid has a direct connection with the mother’s nutrition. If my mother is fond of sweet, then the liquid will be sweet, and the baby will grow slough);
• The leukocytes are formed, which are responsible for protecting the kid from infections;
• Kidneys are able to already pass up to 0.5 ml of filtered fluid, outlined as urine;
• All the “extra” elements begin to accumulate in the colon, turning into the Mekonia;
• Lagoon growth continues on the kid’s head.

Uzi on the 21st week

With ultrasound at 21 week, the size of the child approximately corresponds Pretty Banana size. The size of the baby is completely dependent on the physique of the mother (it is unlikely that a miniature mumble can be a big child). With the help of an ultrasound at 21 weeks you can find out who you will wait for in the near future: a boy or a girl. It is at 21 weeks that you can see your baby on the screen for the last time (in the following kid will not be placed on the screen). You may note that the legs of the baby have become much longer. Due to the growth of the lower limbs, the whole body of the child looks proportionally.

Video: Ultrasound in the 21st week of pregnancy

With ultrasound at 21 weeks, all necessary fetus measurements are required.

For clarity provides you Future size rate:

• BPR (biparity size) – the size between the temporal bones – 46-56 mm.
• Lz (Lobno-occipital size) – 60-72 mm.
• OG (fetal head circumference) – 166-200 mm.
• OH (fetal abdomen circle) – 137 -177 mm.

The norm of the bones of the fetus:

• High bone 32-40 mm,
• Shoulder bone 29-37 mm,
• Bones of the forearm 24-32 mm,
• Sunbones 29-37 mm.

Ultrasound of the fetus for a period of 21 weeks

Photos of the fetus, photo of the belly of mother and video on the 21st week

So looks like a fetus on the 21st week

So looks like a belly on the 21st week

Video: What happens on the 21st week of pregnancy?

Recommendations and Tips for the Future Mom

• Since the fruit begins to grow intensively, you It is necessary to increase the caloric content of its diet for 500 kcal. Required daily caloric content for a woman on this period – 2800 – 3000 kcal. Increase the caloric content of its diet, it is necessary at the expense of dairy products, fruits, vegetables, easily digestible meat and fish. Read Article O taste preferences of pregnant women if you pull on new products.
• You need 6 times a day with small portions. The last meal must occur no later than 3 hours before night’s sleep;
• Do not abuse fat, sharp and too salty products to avoid damage to the baby. Keep in mind that future addiction in food you ask the child now;
• Legs on the sixth month can swell and root, so you need to refer to the choice of shoes with full responsibility. Houses go barefoot, And outside the sneakers or any shoes without a heel;
• Clothes should not be in its composition the synthetics and should be free, without breathing;
• Need to purchase new underwear. Any bottom of the underwear must be cotton;
• The bra must not comprehend the chest and interfere with free breathing;
• To maintain a sharply growing tummy, acquire a bandage;
• Limit exercise, try to explain to your loved ones about the need to take some obligations at home on yourself;
• Take care that your menu includes the required amount of plant fiber to avoid constipation;
• In order not to have an additional pressure on the veins of the rectum Try to choose a comfortable posture for sleep. The perfect option is to sleep on the side.
• Do not stand for a long time and do not stand;
• Do not strain at the time of intestinal emptying – otherwise cracks may form;
• Perform the exercises of Kegel to stabilize blood circulation in the pelvis;
• Every time after emptying the intestines Wake up from transferring;
• If you still have allocations, use daily gaskets and change underwear as often as possible;
• Do you have sex in such poses in which you can not harm neither or baby. Avoid poses in which a man is on top;
• Avoid extra stress and excitement. If your doctor says that everything proceeds successfully – it means that it is;
• At 21 week, the kid hears everything that happens and feels what you feel, so avoid quarrels and scandals. Sit and read him a book at night or spoil the lullaby;
• In case you have not had time to feel Merchants Krohi – Consult your doctor;
• Count the number of fetal movements by the Cardiff method. Normal For 12 o’clock activity, a woman should feel at least 10 movements;
• Go to the shop for shopping for your crumbs, later you will be even harder to flag in the city in the search for a particular garardo object;
• 21 weeks – the time of the next scheduled ultrasound. Decide whether you wish to know the sex of the child or want it to be a surprise for you.

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