You will also notice a number of variations throughout the second trimester such as alterations to your digestive system, your body form and inhalation, and you will sense your baby start to move. Right now, it is a good time to prepare for baby. Most women discover the second trimester of pregnancy relaxed than the first. But it is just as significant to stay learned about your pregnancy during these months. You might notice that symptoms like nausea and fatigue are going away. But other new, more obvious changes to your body are now happening. Your abdomen will enlarge as the baby remains to grow. You may also experience following symptoms;

• Darkening of the skin round your nipples.
• Numb or tingling hands, named carpal tunnel syndrome.
• Body pains, such as back, groin, or thigh pain and abdomen.
• A line on the skin running from belly button to pubic hairline.
• Keen on the abdomen, palms, and soles of the feet.
• Puffiness of the ankles, face and fingers.
• Stretch marks on your abdomen, breasts, thighs, or buttocks.
• Coverings of darker skin, typically over the cheeks, forehead, nose, or upper lip. Patches often match on both sides of the face. This is sometimes called the mask of pregnancy.

Developing Baby:

• At 16 Weeks-

• Skin originates to form. You can closely see through it.
• Your baby reaches a length of about 4 to 5 inches and weighs nearly 3 ounces.
• Muscle tissue and bone endure to form, making a more complete skeleton.
• Your baby makes sucking motions with the mouth (sucking reflex).
• Meconium grows in your baby’s abdominal tract. This will be your baby’s chief bowel movement.

• At 20 Weeks-

• Eyebrows, fingernails, eyelashes, and toenails have shaped. Your baby can even scratch itself.
• baby can hear and swallow.
• Your baby is more energetic. You might feel slight fluttering.
• Your baby is enclosed by fine, downy hair named lanugo and a waxy covering termed vernix. This defends the developing skin beneath.
• Now halfway over your pregnancy, your baby is about 6 inches long and weighs about 9 ounces.

• At 24 Weeks-