Your baby is approximately 16 inches long and weighs around 5 pounds.

Your baby’s skin is beginning to look less red and less wrinkled. Her bones are all beginning to harden except for the skull. The skull needs to remain soft and pliable for delivery.
The top of your uterus is just over 5 inches from your belly button. Your total weight gain should be around 26 pounds.

Leg and foot cramps can cause sleepless nights. Make sure you’re getting lots of gentle exercise and avoid standing still for more than a few minutes. Putting a couple of pillows under your feet at night to raise your legs up sometimes helps. Ward off cramps by ensuring that you are getting enough potassium and calcium in your diet. Boost your potassium levels with bananas, grapefruit and oranges. Yogurt, cottage cheese, almonds, salmon and Soya beans are also good sources of potassium.

Only 1 in 10 women experience a dramatic gush of the amniotic fluid when their water breaks. This is the breaking of the fluid filled sac (amniotic fluid) surrounding the baby. It usually happens at home, often in bed. It is common to be uncertain about whether leaking fluid is amniotic fluid or urine. If you think your water has broken, you should call your healthcare provider. Let your doctor know if the fluid is anything other than clear and odorless, because this could be a sign of infection.

Have you discussed having an episiotomy with your healthcare provider? An episiotomy is a surgical incision sometimes necessary to enlarge the vaginal opening to help deliver your baby. Many women and healthcare providers prefer not to go through an episiotomy unless it is absolutely necessary.