20 weeks Preggie!

Size = 6 1/2 inches
Weight = 10 1/2 oz

Your baby can hear sounds now, and it will cover its ears with its hands if a loud sound is made near you or "jump" if it is startled. Your baby will also be moving a lot -- twisting, turning, punching, and kicking. You still may not feel this movement, or it may feel just like butterflies or stomach rumblings.

By the time you are 20 weeks pregnant, your baby is starting to grow hair on his or her head! Other fetal development that typically takes place around week 20 of pregnancy includes the following:

• A protective, waxy skin covering (called vernix caseosa) is forming to protect the baby's skin from the amniotic fluid
• Delicate eyebrows are forming
• If your baby is a girl, her uterus is starting to develop
• Your baby's skin is thickening and developing layers, including the dermis, epidermis, and subcutaneous layer
• Nail growth begins.

From this point forward, your baby will put most of her energy into gaining weight and, not coincidentally, so will you! Right now your baby weighs approximately 10½ ounces and is about 6½ inches long, about the size of a can of Red Bull

20 Weeks Pregnant