Fetus in the seventeenth week

Despite all the troubles that a woman experiences during her pregnancy, whether healthy or psychological, she is considered the most beautiful stages of her life from the moment she discovers that she is pregnant until her baby is born and watching him breathe in her hands. The natural pregnancy is the period of nine months , And the month of which different developments occur on the mother and fetus, how is the fetus in the seventeenth week of pregnancy and what are the changes that occur on him and his mother this week?

Fetal development and development

The length of the fetus this week is about 13 cm, and its weight is about 140 grams.
The placenta, which supplies the fetus with food and oxygen, as well as its waste from the body’s waste, grows this week filled with thousands of blood vessels.
Fat is formed under the skin. The importance of these fats is to maintain the temperature of the fetus after birth. These fats represent 2% to 6% of the fetus weight at birth.
The baby starts to hear the sounds, especially the high ones, which in turn makes him move his hands to cover his ears when he hears a loud noise.
The fetus also begins to practice normal and purposeful movements. When the mother uses the Doppler to hear his heartbeat, her fetus moves away from where the device is placed, because it produces a disturbing sound.
The child’s taste buds develop, so he can distinguish between sweet, bitter or even bitter taste.
He also becomes very active, moving his head and arms as well as his legs constantly.

Changes to the mother

There are many internal and external physical changes on the body, including:

The size of the breasts increases because they have more blood and blood vessels appear from under the skin, as well as the size of the glands that produce and secrete the milk, accompanied by an increase in the size of the nipples and the color of the surrounding skin becomes dark.
Exposure to bleeding in various areas of the body, such as the nose and gums, as a result of increased circulation rate.
You will begin to feel a clear movement of your fetus, similar to the movement of the butterfly for its beauty and beauty.
Some pain, especially in the abdomen and lower back, due to the increase in the size of the uterus, which leads to the expansion of ligaments in the abdomen to accommodate the uterus.
Sufferers in this period are more likely to forget than at any other time, as a result of a disorder in pregnancy hormones.