Week 16
Week 18
Week 20
This week your baby is as big as a pear.
Length: 11.6 cm
Weight: 100 g
Perfect little finger and toe nails will have formed
by now. An ultrasound might tell you if it is a girl
or a boy, but it is still early in the pregnancy so
you might want to wait a little longer to be
absolutely sure.
Your baby is about the size of a bell pepper.
Length: 14 cm
Weight: 180 g
His tiny fingers now have unique fingerprints!
Meconium is a baby’s first faecal matter and it has
a sticky, tar like texture from the amniotic fluid
consumed. In week 18 the meconium is starting
to be produced by the digestive system and will
accumulate in your baby’s bowels.
Your stretched out baby at this stage is as long
as a banana.
Length: 26 cm Crown to Heel (CH)*
Weight: 290 g
You have probably seen how wrinkly babies are
when they are born. They would be even wrinkly
if not for Vernix Caseosa. This cheesy white
substance forms all over baby’s body in week 2
to protect him from the long period of exposure
to amniotic fluid.
Week 17
Your baby resembles a small avocado.
Length: 12.7 cm
Weight: 140 g (more than the placenta weighs
at this stage)
Your baby has started to respond to loud noises;
slamming doors or mom sneezing can startle him,
but he quickly gets used to these sounds.
Mom: Your expanding womb may make you
feel off-balance, so this is a good time to ditch
the heels for flats.
Week 19
From crown to rump baby is now the size of a
gem squash.
Length: 15 cm
Baby’s Weight: 230 g
Your baby is now developing permanent teeth
buds behind his existing milk teeth buds, which
developed a few weeks ago.
Week 21
Your baby is the same length as a carrot by week 21.
Length: 27 cm
Weight: 360 g
Your baby’s skin now responds to touch; if you
put pressure on your belly, he’ll likely move away
or push back.
* All length measurements from now on are
Crown to Heel (CH)
Week 7
Week 4
Week 10
First Trimester
Your baby is called an embryo and is the
same size as a poppy seed.
Second Trimester
Week 19
Week 22
Week 13
Your baby is
now as long as
a pea pod.
13
Third Trimester
Week 25
Week 31
Week 28
At the start of your third trimester, your baby is
likely to be the same size as a pineapple.
Week 34
Week 39
Netcare Mulbarton Hospital
has a beautiful 20 bedded maternity unit with a
dedicated Caesarean Section theatre, as well as birthing baths for midwife deliveries as an alternative birth option. In order to form a strong
bond between mom and baby, ‘rooming in’ is encouraged and this also helps to promote breastfeeding. For added peace of mind, there is
an eight bedded neonatal ICU for babies that require specialised care.The gynaecologists, paediatricians and staff are highly qualified and
dedicated to render excellent care to you and your baby.
Gynaecologists & Obstetricians:
Dr G Anyetei
011 867 0599
Dr G O Mathlaga 011 682 4474
Dr P Phakoe
011 682 4474
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Dr N Dwarka
Dr K Mensah
Dr N Rashid
011 682 4437
011 432 0334
011 680 7082
Dr M Malebane
Dr P Naidoo
Dr F Saayman
011 682 4407
011 682 4373
011 432 4929