20 weeks of pregnancy - half the distance traveled in this particular period of life of the future mother and future baby, at this time should be particularly attentive, as the fetus for 20 weeks of pregnancy enters one of the few critical periods of its development. This is due to the fact that it is from 15 to 20 weeks of pregnancy that the brain of the unborn child grows and develops, its specialized zones are formed.
Development of the fetus on the 20th week of pregnancy is the time of formation of the basic functional systems of the future baby's body.
Anatomy of the fetus 20 weeks
To find out how your child develops at the 20th week of pregnancy, an anatomical ultrasound of the fetus can be done. As you pass through this study, you will know the biparietal size (BDP) and the fetal head circumference, the average chest and abdomen diameters, and the length of the femur that will allow your doctor and you to evaluate the development of your unborn baby. Also during the ultrasound at week 20, you can determine the stomach, adrenal and bladder, kidney fetus, and sometimes some parts of the spine. From the 18-20th week of pregnancy, it is possible to determine the sex of the fetus. The correctness of the definition of the male is close to 100%, and the female - to 96-98%.
Thus, the anatomical ultrasound of the fetus will allow future parents to see and learn on the 20th week of pregnancy how the baby's fetus looks in 20 weeks, its sex, development.
What is the fruit in 20 weeks?
At 20 weeks of gestation, the weight of the fetus is 280-300 g on average, and the height is 25-26 cm. The skin of the future baby becomes pronounced red and covered with gun hair and a grease lubricant produced by the sebaceous glands, the intestine begins to work.
At 20 weeks of gestation, the mothers begin to feel the movements of the fetus, and the maternity
The palpitation of the fetus at 20 weeks is still weak, but it is at this time that it manages to listen for the first time.
The size of the abdomen at 20 weeks of pregnancy is already quite large and noticeable. The navel can be smoothed, which is especially characteristic for the second half of pregnancy. The baby is growing, and your belly is growing with it, mainly due to the increase in the uterus in which it is located.
It is believed that from the 20th week of pregnancy your future child already distinguishes between voices and perceives sounds, so you can start talking with him, read fairy tales, listen to music with him.