Size of baby during ninth month of pregnancy

The size of the baby by the ninth week of the pregnancy is around one inch or somewhere between twenty or thirty millimeters. Even though the weight of the baby is quite less at the moment, but it will increase by leaps and bounds in the coming weeks as the limbs and other crucial organs will get properly developed by then. The structure of the baby’s head, legs, and arms starts to take proper shape. The eyelids get developed by the ninth week of pregnancy and do not get opened until the seventh month of pregnancy. The facial features tend to get more prominent by this time as the nostrils, mouth gets more visible. The baby’s genitals will begin to develop by this time, although, your doctor will not be able to tell the difference because the sex of the baby cannot be determined before the eighteenth week of pregnancy. 

Bodily physical changes during ninth month of pregnancy

You will tend to feel more lethargic once the ninth week of pregnancy kicks in. Some women might also observe some kind of weight gain, which will be primarily due to fluid retention. One should not get too paranoid about weight gain as it is normal phenomenon during pregnancy. There can be times when one can gain up to five pounds in a day, so it is a wise idea not to weigh yourself on a regular basis. Most of the weight gained during pregnancy is not mainly because of the accumulation of fat. The baby during the time of birth will weight around eight pounds. The uterus which is in its expanded form, during pregnancy weighs around two pounds. The weight of the placenta is somewhere around one and half pounds. The tissues of the breast experiences a lot of growth and it can weight about two pounds. Even the volume of blood increases during pregnancy and it adds up to four pounds to your body weight. Water retention in the body gives rise to a weight gain of about four pounds. The baby is surrounded by amniotic fluid during the entire term of the pregnancy and that fluid itself weighs two pounds. The amount of fat gained during pregnancy is about seven pounds. So on an average a women is most likely to gain about twenty to thirty five pounds during pregnancy. 

Hormonal changes during pregnancy

Mood swings gets prevalent during the ninth week of pregnancy. And anxiety is also a common symptom. At times you might feel elated and the very next moment you might get totally nervous. Most of the women pregnant might end up crying at a drop of a hat, which is perfectly normal because the mood swings are primarily triggered by the hormonal changes that take place in the body during pregnancy. If the level of progesterone in your body is higher than the normal levels then you might get exhausted easily which can trigger mood swings. For women who are experiencing their second pregnancy, might notice a slight bump on their belly. Bloating and burping are the other symptoms that prevail during the ninth week of pregnancy. The occurrence of these symptoms is again because of the level of progesterone in the body which gets abnormal during this time.