Week 24. Pregnancy week by week
Six months of pregnancy they are already more than half the process. After twenty-four weeksYour life has changed Remember that even if you now take your future child inside you, you have to keep on doing normal life as long as your body allows you. Let everyone around you be part of this happy moment of your life.
Physical and psychological changes of pregnant women
Surely, after six months of pregnancy, you are much more tired than when you started. You are already in week 24 of pregnancy and your weight has increased, your lifestyle habits have changed and although you have become accustomed, it is normal to feel a little weakness.
1. If you feel tired, you look pale, you may feel dizzy or your hair falls out excessively, you may suffer from a small anemia. Most likely, you need your doctor to prescribe an iron supplement.
2. Constipation may also be normal. In addition, if you suffer from anemia and take a supplement, it is more common, since the intake of iron supplements makes you more prone to constipation. Baby lots of water and eats food with fiber.
3. Sometimes, because of the pressure exerted by the uterus on your body, you may notice the pinching of the sciatic nerve on your back. If necessary, go to a physiotherapist to alleviate your discomfort.
4. As a result of the hormones that your body produces, it is normal that you get the so-called chloasma, a change in the pigmentation of the skin. You can get spots on the skin, but usually disappear after delivery.
The development of the baby during week 24
Photo: THINKSTOCK Enlarge photoThey have just completed six months of pregnancy. The twenty-fourth week of pregnancy is completed week by week. This week is very important because fetal viability is reached.
1. It already measures around 21-22 centimeters and weighs about 700 grams.
2. Fetal viability It affects the following: from the twenty-third week of pregnancy, a substance that helps the exchange of oxygen, called the pulmonary surfactant, begins to take place in the lungs. In the event that the baby did not create it himself, the doctor would administer a medication to accelerate it.
3. Fetal senses are already developed, except sight. From now on he can interact with the stimuli that come from outside.
4. The baby moves more every day in the petit. Its size increases and each time it finds itself with less space.
The health of the pregnant woman at week 24 of pregnancy
Photo: THINKSTOCK Enlarge photoAfter six months of pregnancy, you have suffered all kinds of changes in your life. In the first month you will have suppressed the total alcohol intake, reduced caffeine or even removed and the elimination of tobacco, if you were a smoker, of your life. But according to the time, you have had to adopt other more routine habits. From now on you will probably sleep on the left side and with a pillow between the legs so that the blood circulates better. You will also take supplements of all kinds of vitamins or minerals that your body and your future baby needs. Calcium, iron, potassium ... Possibly you have decided to practice some kind of physical exercise and you feel much better. You and your partner must be very united in this process. It's good to do things together and involve your future child. Continue with these new habits that you have created because they are very positive for you.
Control of pregnancy in week 24 of pregnancy
From the twenty-fourth week of gestation and during the following four, until the twenty-eight, it is carried out the analytical of the second semester. In this analytical is carried out the O'Sullivan test.
The purpose of the O'Sullivan test is to detect if a woman is at high risk for diabetes during pregnancy. It is a routine test that is done before in the case that pregnant women have had another child who has weighed more than four kilos at birth, have suffered diabetes during their previous pregnancy, or be older than 35 years. If so, this test will be conducted in the three quarters.
You can intercede:
-Gestational diabetes
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- Sciatica in pregnancy
Pregnancy calendar week to week
Click on each petal or circle to see the content of your week or trimester of pregnancy respectively.
