Week 18. Pregnancy week by week

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Physical and psychological changes of pregnant women

For the eyes of the world, you are already a pregnant woman more than soon you will have to join premamá fashion. Increasing your tripita is becoming more evident.

1. Surely you have already won around five kilos of weight.

2. It is normal for you to urinate more often. Your uterus has grown and presses on your bladder. This can be something really uncomfortable at night.

3. Also, due to the increase of your uterus and the hormones that your body produces during pregnancy, You can notice the appearance of varicose veins.

4. If you suffer from constipation, you can also suffer from hemorrhoids. That is why it is so important to eat a diet rich in fiber and drink plenty of water that facilitates the proper functioning of the intestine.

5. You can start to feel the first kicks and movements of your baby from the eighteenth week of pregnancy, although it is normal to be from the twentieth.

The development of the baby during week 18

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During the 18th week of pregnancy, your fetus can begin to grimace and yawn and maybe you will notice its first kicks. But this is just one of the small changes. Each time will change more and faster.

1. Your baby is already measuring around 23-24 centimeters and weighs more or less, 150 grams.

2. The baby has already formed his ear, so he can begin to hear sounds from outside and can even hear the passage of his own blood. It could be good for your development that you play music or sing it.

3. Your bones begin to ossify, transforming the cartilage into bone.

4. As your musculature is stronger, you will begin to make facial gestures, grimaces, yawns, smiles ... and in turn, for this reason, you can begin to notice the movements of your baby.

The health of the pregnant woman at week 18 of pregnancy

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After two and a half months of pregnancy, eighteen weeks specifically, you surely lead a very balanced life. Remember that you should not neglect your diet because your baby will depend on it.

1. Try to eat red meat or foods with iron to avoid anemia. Falling into it is something negative for you and your baby.

2. Now that the bones of the fetus are being ossified, it is very important to continue taking calcium. You can get food, or supplements. Your doctor will tell you what is best for you.

3. Constipation can be a problem. Remember that you have to eat varied fruits, foods rich in fiber and drink plenty of water.

4. Cravings may appear more frequently from the eighteenth week of pregnancy, but every woman is different.

Control of pregnancy in week 18 of pregnancy

The eighteenth week of pregnancy is not a designated week to perform any relevant tests. In this case, it could be done the morphological ultrasound done during the weeks twenty to twenty-two of pregnancy. In this ultrasound we can see that in the eighteenth week of pregnancy, the main structures of your baby are already formed and even the facial gestures he performs.