At 25 weeks pregnant the baby weighs about five pounds and measures around thirteen point seven inches from the head to the foot. Babies at 25 weeks pregnant will start growing differently in weight and size from now on. This week several important developments take place in the baby, the spine has formed including all thirty three vertebrae rings. The joints of the body that will serve as support for the baby are also forming, and the ligaments that aid in support between the flesh and the bones.
This is also the week when the baby will start becoming fleshier and less skinny due to the fats that have been depositing below the skin. The arms and the legs are beginning to take shape and are looking more and more rounded. The baby’s skin that had looked wrinkled earlier will start smoothing out at 25 weeks pregnant.
You may want to be very careful about the noise around you because the baby’s sense of hearing is very acute and loud noises may affect them. Another amazing finding for the baby is that it yawns while in the stomach. Yes you heard right. This is common and the doctors are not sure yet about the reason for this but suspect that it may be to regulate the amount of blood flowing in the lungs or fluid getting into the baby’s lungs.
The baby is forming blood capillaries at 25 weeks pregnant. This will assist in transporting blood from the heart to all the other tissues in the body. The blood vessels are still developing and also the air sac in the lungs in preparation for the baby to take his or her first breath. Advancements in the respiratory system will increase the chances of the baby’s survival outside the womb by fifty percent.
Your uterus is still growing and will keep expanding as the baby grows. You have gained almost nine kilos since the first day of the pregnancy. You will probably begin to experience lower back pain and discomfort at 25 weeks pregnant. This pain is normal during pregnancy and is usually caused by the pressure put on the pelvis and your back by the growing uterus.
Other women will feel a tingling sensation from the buttocks to the leg and others just go numb. This pain can at times be very severe and is usually because the baby’s head presses down on a nerve that is located at the bottom of your spine. The pain will go away once the baby changes his position.
This is common but it is advisable that you tell the doctor in your next prenatal visit so that he can advise you on how you can ease the pain. Another symptom experienced by 25 weeks pregnant women is general pain around the hips; this is caused by the expanding uterus and the softening of your pelvic bone ligaments.
