PREGNANCY
26 Weeks Pregnant: Learn the Signs of Preeclampsia
About 10% of women develop this in the later months of pregnancy.
Écrit par
Dr. Harvey Karp
PARTAGER CET ARTICLE
CHOIX DES PARENTS
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PREGNANCY
Écrit par
Dr. Harvey Karp
PARTAGER CET ARTICLE
Meilleures ventes
You’re not the only one packing on the pounds…your baby’s porking up, too! This week, she tips the scales at about 2 pounds! Her brain growth is also zooming along and will be 500% bigger by her birth day.
Her eyes are finally ready to open, but she’s keeping them closed a lot because she’s still snoozing away for a big chunk of the day. If you’re wondering what color those peepers might be, the answer is probably blue. Many babies are born with brown eyes, but many whose eyes will end up brown are blue at birth. Adult eye color can take about 6 months to reveal itself. That’s because light exposure triggers the production of melanin.
26 weeks along is about 6 months pregnant.
At 26 weeks your baby can have a fair fight with…a cocktail shaker.
Get ready to see your doctor or midwife…a lot more often! Early in pregnancy, the visits are usually monthly. But, soon, you’ll be heading in every 2 weeks for a quick check of your blood pressure, urine, and a laundry list of possible warning signs (from headache to excessive swelling to trouble sleeping).
A key reason for this increased scrutiny is a common condition called preeclampsia. About 10% of women develop this in the later months of pregnancy. The symptoms include sudden swelling (not just in your feet and legs, but also in your face), severe and/or persistent headaches, blurry vision, high blood pressure, dizziness, pain near your liver, nausea, vomiting and too much protein in your urine.
Preeclampsia can also affect your baby. It can cause the placental arteries to clamp down, making it harder for blood to carry food and oxygen to your baby.
Left untreated, preeclampsia can become a very serious problem. So, if you have any of these symptoms, call your care provider right away. If you do have it, your care provider will discuss the best way to keep both you and baby as healthy as possible. For less severe cases, you’ll be taking it easy, meditating and coming in for frequent checks of your BP and pee and tests of your baby's activity, well-being, and growth. Moms-to-be with more severe symptoms may require in-hospital monitoring and treatment.
Common symptoms during your 26th week of pregnancy include:
In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves. —Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
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