19th week of pregnancy

19th week is a very important week of pregnancy as there are many changes occurring in the baby and the mother. In your 19th week of pregnancy, the baby is initially producing meconium; it is the first stool of the baby. Right after your baby is born, he or she will start serving meconium in the first few days of baby’s life. Meconium it is commonly normal but it can be also turn into dangerous so be aware on this.19th week of pregnancy

Development of baby:

In the 19th week, your baby is half a pound (240 grams) in weight and is about six inches long.
Baby’s kidneys start to develop and it has started making urine. Moreover, hair is sprouting on your baby’s head.
Your baby’s skin is also under creationbut it is red in color as it is covered in blood.
A greasy white protective fluid is covering your baby; this white fluid is vernix caeseosa and protects your baby from the surrounding amniotic fluid.
Your baby at this stage is very tender but also cute to look at. You can have weekly ultra sounds to know week by week growth of your baby.

Mother’s development:

You will again gain a little more weight this week. Your baby is on a fast growing spree and you are experiencing it too. It is hoped that by this week you have accepted your body figure well and have no more issues related to it.
By this time, the uterus starts making its ways up in the abdomen. Its presence can be felt below the navel. The uterus is growing at a rate of about a centimeter per week now.
The increase blood circulation may give the mother reddish marks on hands, upper chest, face and neck.
Dry and patchy skin is a common problem among pregnant women at this stage .Keeping yourself hydrated and using skin care products seems to be the most feasible option.
You experience sudden pains and discomforts during the 19th week. The leg cramps are at its worst and make you feel exhausted all the time.
You may also experience occasional fatigue and high blood pressure.
Due to swelling of your toes and finger nails you might have a slight tingling feeling which is normal and has nothing to worry about.
Stretch marks continue to aggravate. They can be soothed down by using moisturizers and cocoa butter.

Pregnancy complications:

A few major complications related to pregnancy in the 19th week are leg cramps, constipation, dizziness or faintness, nasal congestion, lower abdomen aches, back aches and stretch marks.
Tips for Complications:
Eat healthy to ensure that you have a good and healthy pregnancy and give birth to a strong and healthy child.
If this is your first pregnancy then you need to be calm about the whole situation and not freak out if something is taking time to happen.
In case this is not your first pregnancy then it is advisable that you do not compare your first pregnancy with this one because they are never the same.

Emotional attachment with the baby:

This week is the bench mark for your labor days; this is the time when your emotional bonding with your baby is at its very best. The way that you feel about yourself and your baby at this time is very special and is something that you will remember your entire life.

The father:

When you wife is in 19h week of her pregnancy it means that it is time for her to rest more. Make sure that she does not move around much by getting everything she needs and making it available to her. You have to take care of her and make sure that if she has any serious complications then medical care is given to it. This is the time when your wife expects you to be fully cooperative with her and understand her emotionally make sure you are doing that.

Tip of the week:

In the tip of the week we bring you some good ways for feeling baby kicks. Sometimes you mistake the baby kicks for the gas bubbles. In starting when the kicking and rolling is tiny you might misunderstand them for gas bubbles and get upset worrying why your baby hasn’t started kicking yet. Between the 18th and 22nd week the tiniest movement or the smallest gas bubble is not a gas bubble at all, in fact it is your baby moving.

19th week ends with a lot of confusion as well as excitement thereby bringing you one step closer to your baby’s birth.