By the fifth month of pregnancy, you may start feeling like life is more normal. The nausea has subsided, you’re looking pregnant, and your energy level is back up. The size of your uterus will depend on how big you were before you got pregnant and on how many babies you have ad in the past. It will also be affected by how many babies you are carrying.
During this time, you’ll start to get stretch marks. Some people swear that oils and creams help to alleviate the production of stretch marks. Your belly button will also start to stick out, but it will probably go back after delivery.
Many women find that they are breathless during this time, and for the duration of the pregnancy, because of the size of the uterus pressing upward into the ribcage. Hemorrhoids and varicose veins are also common. You may also develop carpel tunnel syndrome, producing a tingling and pain in your fingers.
This is the month during which you may first feel your baby more. This used to be called “quickening”. It will feel like a fluttering in your abdomen. Some people say it feels like bubbles.
The baby actually stops growing as such an exponential rate during this month, but the amazing changes will continue. The baby’s skin will be covered with vernix caseosa. This is a greasy substance that will protect the baby from chapping and hardening. The amount on amniotic fluid will be as much as 350 ml during the fifth month of pregnancy.
During this time, the baby will also start growing hair all over its body. This is called lanugo, and usually will come off before the baby is born, although sometimes it comes off after the baby is born. It will also grow eyebrows and hair on its head. Tiny little teeth are forming in the gums, and the baby is storing brown fat beneath its skin. The baby also begins to hear you at this point, so you can talk and sing to the baby. And, it only weighs about 360 grams.
While your body is not going through as many extreme changes, it is still affected by the extra hormones. This is what causes the carpal tunnel syndrome. It’s because of the extra blood in your body, which causes swelling in your hands and feet, placing pressure on your nerves and on the tendons, too.
It’s pretty common for women to become clumsy or forgetful during this month. Also, during this month, you can get scans to see if the baby is healthy and estimate when it is due.
You probably have made plans for the birth of the baby, by now. Be sure to continue to include your partner in the experience.
Tests performed at this time will alert you to any specialists you may need at the time of delivery. Keep up the good diet and supplements, get moderate exercise, and remain in contact with other women like you.
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