27 weeks pregnant – a third of the way there – a big milestone….

By this stage you (Mum) have gained somewhere between 16.5 (just under 5kg) and 23 lbs (10.5ks). This is apparently at odds with your baby’s progress in the weight department. Baby usually weighs just under 2 lbs (under 1kg) when you are 27 weeks pregnant. Thats fine, except at this rate you will be the size of an elephant by the time pregnancy is over…

What’s wrong with this picture ?? Say you have put on 20lbs by now – that means you have gained 10 times as much as baby has… OK, admittedly baby started from zero but still it’s unfair isn’t it… just like your partner loosing weight while eating whole chickens and double big macs while you eat salad and cereal and gain weight. And now baby is at it too…

And baby is also about 14 inches long by now. Over a foot long and weighing 2 lbs… (enjoy it while it lasts baby – you will start getting fat soon) hee, heee..

On a more serious note – by the time you are 27 weeks pregnant there is no doubt that your baby is a human being (a very small one no doubt and not visible to the outside world); anyone who says differently is simply ignoring facts. Its around this stage that your baby’s eyelids start to open – the and as the retina begins to operate so its thought that baby begins to see light and see images. Its amazing to thinks that this all happens in the womb well before baby is ready to come into the world.

A pregnancy symptom in the form of braxton hicks contractions (false labor pains) may begin when you are 27 weeks pregnant.

Want to know about next week ? See pregnancy week 28.