You are 26 weeks pregnant.
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Dates and numbers:
There are 92 days until your due date on August 18, 2008.
You are 188 days pregnant.
You are 6.2 months pregnant.
You are in your 7th month of pregnancy.
Your 1st trimester: November 12, 2007 to February 10, 2008. (0 - 12 weeks)
Your 2nd trimester: February 11, 2008 to May 25, 2008. (13 - 27 weeks)
Your 3rd trimester: May 26, 2008 to August 18, 2008. (28 - 40 weeks)
By this week, your baby`s crown-to-rump length is approximately 9.2 inches. Remember, that is only from the top of his head to his bottom and does not include his leg measurements! Your baby weighs almost 2 pounds and is beginning to put on weight. Your uterus is about 2.5 inches above your bellybutton and you will continue to grow approximately 1 cm each week. If you have been eating a well-balanced diet, you probably have gained about 16-22 pounds so far. Because your baby has moved further up, you may get occasional pain underneath your ribs.
After a month of having his eyelids sealed shut, your baby begins to open his eyes again this week. Your baby`s eyes are almost completely developed. Your baby`s eyes are blue in the womb and may change colors later in life. This is true for all races because the iris doesn`t have its final color until a few months after birth. However, some babies are born with darker or lighter shades of blue. Your growing baby will continue to put on layers of fat until he is born. He is still lean at this point of the pregnancy though. By the time your baby is born, he will assume the typical newborn`s plumpness. Your baby`s skin will still be wrinkled and red, but the fat continues to fill the skin out.
Finger and toe nails continue to grow.
Blood vessels start to develop in the lungs to prepare the baby for life outside the uterus.
Your baby`s blood circulation is completely functional. The umbilical cord system continues to grow and thicken as blood travels with considerable force through the body to nurture the baby. The placenta is now almost equal in size to the baby.
Even though it is still way too soon for your baby to be born yet, the chance of survival without severe abnormalities is now 70% provided it is born in a hospital.
Comments on week 26Comments 1-50 of about 13246 from week 26
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next Show latest comments from all weeksmommyforlife -
1 hours ago
christina1984- glad me and mommy31 made you laugh. I thought it was pretty funny myself... hehe!!CHASESMOMMY -
1.3 hours ago
oh i'm here at work. don't leave for another 8 hours, we've been getting the baby room together, and this weekend we are picking up furniture from my moms house and then we have to buy a new crib(thank you stimulus check)cause mine broke(i guess after 6 years that would happen.99 days to go woo hoochristina1984 -
1.5 hours ago
i cant stand it anymore, i eat and i feel so sick and get bad stomach pains. why is this happeningjaleca -
1.9 hours ago
I'm so mad! I'm naming my son Jaden too, and I don't want all the kids running around with the same name lol. I always tried so hard to avoid that but it's already stuck on him. Anyone else have excruciating heartburn?? I hate itchristina1984 -
3 hours ago
i feel so bad my wonderful fiance went out again cuz i said i really wanted an ice cream float, i dont make him he just insists that i should have what i want and so should the baby. he is too great. now if it were my daughters father he would have rolled me down the street to get something for him.christina1984 -
3.5 hours ago
mommyforlife & mommy31- was catching up on what i missed 2day, u had me laughing after a bad day. i will be in wk 27 2moro but if no one talks over there i will be back here too lolmommy31 -
3.9 hours ago
Anyone here taking Fish Oil?Mizzy -
4.2 hours ago
i was pretty sure i needed antibiotics for my absessed tooth.its just awsome timing too cause its the long weekend here and all the dentists just couldnt wait for tomorrow and took off today! lmao....so i spent three hours in emergency this morning waiting to be seen,and i could CLEARLY see they were letting woman in that were not as sick as i was....so what did i do? i went to the main desk and said im 'feeling lightheaded' ....well they saw me right away after that! nobody wants a prenant woman fainting on their watch! haha.....serves them right!!! got my meds and went home!lnd22 -
5.2 hours ago
hah jadedpoet there do seem to be a lot of 'Jayden' going around... in fact i was considering it as well. instead i moved it to be used as the middle name! it is a cute name :)happymommy2 -
5.5 hours ago
I have posted 2 dresses to the rest of my stuff I added on ebay last night if anyone is interested. I will be adding tons more stuff so keep checking back, thanks! Here are the item #'s: 140233696698 140233696070 rachbaby -
5.6 hours ago
I really feel like this one will be born early too... no reason, just a feelingJadedpoet -
5.8 hours ago
You know there are about to be a whole lot of kids named Jayden as I look around this website LOL. Almost every other profile I see has that name on it. I'm even naming my baby girl that but its spelled differently. For fear of seeing it repeated I'm not typing the spelling. haha (like it really matters LOL)Amanda26 -
6.5 hours ago
Momma31 & Mommyforlife- My nephew is mixed. Let me tell you he is the cutest damn thing ever. He will be 7 years old in August. He has the tightest curls on his head. If my sister would grow it out it would be a nice fro. He has a mini fro I guess...LOL My sister and I are half white and Korean. So Tei(nephew) is black, white, and Korean. So damn cute.Ms. Shaye -
6.6 hours ago
I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS MANY CHANGES WITH BABY'S IN MY LIFE BUT NOW I SEE THAT THEY GO THREW ALOT I LEARN NEW THINGS EVERYDAY AND THIS IS ONLY MY FIRST KID LOL! OH MY GOSHlulizzle -
6.8 hours ago
christina -
I have been telling everyone the same thing! I think my doc had my 1st due date of August 3rd right for some odd reason. I just don't 'feel' like I'm gonna go til the 19th! Maybe its just wishful thinking!mommy31 -
6.9 hours ago
Okay, =) TTYLmommyforlife -
7 hours ago
I gotta go too because my teenage daughter just got home from school and she's ready to tell me all about her little trip. Talk to ya in week 27 later today if your around. :)mommy31 -
7 hours ago
I like Harley. Thats cute!mommy31 -
7 hours ago
I know, anyways, I need to take my little one to the end of the year school dance. He looks so handsome and got his little girlfriend flowers. lol I told him no kissing. He said ewww! so that's a good sign. I will get with ya later.mommyforlife -
7.1 hours ago
I think I'm going to use Trinity shania. I also like the name Harley do you??mommyforlife -
7.1 hours ago
It's okay they still love us mommy31 -
7.1 hours ago
Yeah, they are all pouring in the messages begging us to stay. I can feel the love..lolmommy31 -
7.1 hours ago
Well, did you decide on naming the baby Trinity yet/ I thought that was so cute that we were wanting to name our babies the same. It's not a common name either =)mommy31 -
7.1 hours ago
LOL
mommyforlife -
7.1 hours ago
any of you guys out there want us to stay???mommy31 -
7.2 hours ago
After this convesation we might have too...LOLmommyforlife -
7.2 hours ago
that is funny!! maybe we need to go where we belong week 27!! This whole conversation is funny!!mommy31 -
7.2 hours ago
Dunno, maybe after all this talk they went out to find a dark man...HAHA!mommy31 -
7.2 hours ago
Awww...Yes, I hate it in Mississippi. Everywhere you go there's someone staring or dirty looks. The South is a hard one. I don't care though. Theres a guy Noel I've been hanging out with. He's darker then the babys dad though. People are ALWAYS starting. I just smile, grab em' and give him a big kiss!! he hates it, I think it's funny!mommyforlife -
7.2 hours ago
why want anyone talk with us?? lolmommy31 -
7.3 hours ago
The funny thing Mommy is everyones so excited to move ahead and were actually moving back a week. How long do you think we'll stay in week 26 before we move on? Another funny thing is...We say they talk more in week 26 so we stayed here. Noticed were the only ones talking. Should we go to 27? LOLmommyforlife -
7.3 hours ago
one of my sisters married a white man and the other one dated one for a long time.. Me and my husband have been together since I was in 9th grade so that's out for me. but he knows I'm attracted to different races and he is to, but we both know that's as far as it goes. We are married not blind mommy31 -
7.3 hours ago
I just can't wait til we have them and we can look at each others pictures. I feel so welcome and happy to be going through all of this with all of you. I'm feel so loved LOL dang hormones (I think I'm gonna cry) We will definetly need each other the weeks to come. 41q weeks is going to be so exciting!mommyforlife -
7.4 hours ago
LMAO, oh my god I can't breath I'm laughing so hard... you crazy hahahaahhah!!mommy31 -
7.4 hours ago
Oh well, I can talk freely about what I think and like. Sorry if I offend anyone. Mommy, everyone did stop talking, though LOLmommyforlife -
7.4 hours ago
I know it's a beautiful thing!!mommy31 -
7.5 hours ago
I just started liking black men about two years ago. It just came about. LOL, after I saw my babys dad I was hooked. He actually looks like Ludacris...MmMm I'll send ya a pic. lol anyways, after him now I like em' all. lolmommyforlife -
7.5 hours ago
wonder what everybody's thinkin reading all this!! mommy31 -
7.5 hours ago
I know...I always seem to laugh at people that are still against racial relationships...If it was such a bad thing when we become one why are our babies so beautiful then?? I think it's a beautiful thing!!mommy31 -
7.5 hours ago
I know she'll be light skinned though. Cause he has the most beautiful dark eyes and he is light skinned as well. His hair is wavey too. He is half white and black as well...mommyforlife -
7.5 hours ago
she's gonna be beautiful are you kidding have you seen all these mixed kids lately they are beautiful. They never have to tan.. come to think of it neither do I hehe!!lolmommy31 -
7.6 hours ago
lol that's funny! I am curious to see what she looks like though...That's the exciting part about all of this =)I get my 4-D May 27th. I can't wait to see what her little face looks like!mommyforlife -
7.6 hours ago
I always kid with my husband and tell him 'this baby gone have blonde hair and blue eyes' he said 'well if it do you better order the airline tickets cause we going to the MAURY SHOW for DNA' We joke about everything!mommy31 -
7.7 hours ago
LOL, yes. I know. I can't wait to see what she looks like. I have green eyes. I'm hoping she'll at least get that from me. Other then that, yeah, I don't even do my hair. So yes. Trinitys going to be a Mississippi afrohead. lol. mommyforlife -
7.7 hours ago
Mommy31- I was thinkin bout your post the other day.. you were talking about your baby being mixed! I have always wanted a mixed child because they are so beautiful!! not that my two kids aren't. It's just they always have wavy long hair and perfect skin. I have always wanted my babies to have that wavy hair but my baby dad side of the family all have nappy hair hehe!! but I love my little nappy heads and wouldn't take nothin for them.. thank god for perms lol!!mommy31 -
7.8 hours ago
They never know what exact week. You can be early, late. Rarely right on time. If was up to me I wish I could say they were way off and I'm really 35 weeks or something...LOLmommyforlife -
7.9 hours ago
both of mine were two weeks early!!mommy31 -
7.9 hours ago
LOL@Mommy...ME TOO. I'm from week 27 and I keep coming back here too. hahamommy31 -
7.9 hours ago
I dunno. It's hard to say. My oldest was on time. My youngest was induced. I really think I'm going to go early though.mommyforlife -
7.9 hours ago
I try not to look to far ahead cause I be like darn I wish that was me!! And then I'm miserable. I usually look at the week ahead. I like week 26 although I'm in week 27 because I'm bored and you guys talk alot more...lol 1-3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
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