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Pregnancy Week 23: Your Week by Week Pregnancy Guide

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Pregnancy Week 23: Your Week by Week Pregnancy GuidePregnancy Week 23: Your Week by Week Pregnancy Guide

Did you know that your baby, who is only as large as a small winter melon, can now sense your movements?

Mum, you may be experiencing frequent urination because your expanding uterus sits on your bladder. Take this as a sign that your baby’s growth is on track as you enter pregnancy week 23!

week 23

How Big is Your Baby?

At pregnancy week 23, your baby is the size of a small winter melon. He/she is around 28.9 cm and weighs around 498.9 g.

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Your Baby’s Development

In this week by week pregnancy guide, you’ll learn that:

  • Your baby’s lungs are developing to prepare for breathing.
  • The lanugo or the fine hair that covers his/her body may darken by now.
  • His/her eyes are now completely formed, although they do not have any colour just yet. It is also now when he/she can open his/her eyes inside the womb.
  • By this week, you can feel him/her moving through your womb. He/she may be doing somersaults, too… but not for long.
  • His/her vestibular system, the area in the brain responsible for sensing movement, is developing quickly now. This means he/she is already actively sensing all your physical movements.
  • He/she also has developed a stable hearing sense.
  • Babies born at 23 weeks can sometimes survive if they are given the right medical care in an intensive care unit.

Pregnancy Symptoms

  • Boy, are you showing! Your uterus extends 3.8 cm above your belly button and you would have gained anything between 5.4 kg to 6.8 kg.
  • You are peeing frequently because your uterus sits above your bladder. You may even experience leaking of fluids.
  • This time around you will be checked for preterm labour. The anxiety levels will heighten during this week and you will go through varied emotions.
  • At pregnancy week 23 you might experience bleeding gums and nosebleeds.

 Pregnancy Care

  • To keep the bleeding gums at bay, make good dental hygiene a priority. Due to super active hormones, your gums will suffer inflammation and bleeding, particularly while brushing your teeth.
  • You are peeing constantly, and how! But that’s pretty normal at this stage. Continue drinking water as well as vegetable juices, herbal teas, fruit juice, and milk.
  • When using public toilets, sanitise the seats and maintain minimal contact to avoid infections.

 Your Checklist

  • Speak to your company, and plan your maternity leave.
  • Get a new wardrobe!

Your next week: 24 weeks pregnant

 Your previous week: 22 weeks pregnant

Do you have questions on this week by week pregnancy guide? What are your current concerns, mums? Leave us a comment below!

 

Pregnancy Week 23: Your Week by Week Pregnancy Guide

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