Your Body at Week 26Īt 26 weeks pregnant, you're two-thirds of the way through your pregnancy and your uterus is about 2 ½ inches above your belly button. Not in so many words, of course, but with an increase in pulse rate or movement.
Look what else is going on this week: Your baby's brain-wave activity is gearing up at this stage in fetal development, which means your little one can not only hear noises but can now also respond to them. You may be kept guessing until she's a year old, with the most dramatic changes occurring by about 6 months. Right now, the iris, which is the colored part of the eye, still doesn't have much pigmentation - that'll fill in over the next month or two - so it's too early to start guessing your little one's eye color.Īnd even the color your baby is born with might not be the permanent shade. Your little peanut might kick in response - as in: "Get that light out of my eyes!" That means your baby is able to see what's going on now, though unfortunately the view in your uterus isn't all that exciting.īut do try this at home for kicks: Shine a flashlight at your stomach. Look who's looking! It's your baby! Those little eyes - which have been closed for the past few months so that the retina, the part of the eye that allows images to come into focus, could develop - are beginning to open at 26 weeks pregnant. It just means your tiny gymnast will have less room for those somersaults, cartwheels and other Olympic feats. Your baby will soon be feeling a little cramped in your uterus - but not to worry, there's still plenty of space in there to grow. What's up with your baby's growth this week? She now weighs a full 2 pounds and measures 14-plus inches long. Only 3 months left to go! Still have questions? Here's some more information on how weeks, months and trimesters are broken down in pregnancy. If you're 26 weeks pregnant, you're in month 6 of your pregnancy.
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