Week of pregnancy 25 (SSW 25)? Who is waddling there?

This is how the baby develops in the 25th week of pregnancy

In the 25th week of pregnancy the baby is about 33 inches long and weighs about 800 grams, The probability of survival of premature babies is already 82%, which has increased significantly compared to the 24th week of gestation. Every week counts until the birth date and is important for baby development.

This week, the Sense of balance of the baby so that the fetus can control his movements more and more. In the lower skin layer, the so-called capillaries arise, through the blood flow, the skin takes on a rosy glow. Wrinkles and skin wrinkles are increasingly padded by fatty tissue and muscles, the facial features are rounder.

Premature birth? in the 25th week, the baby already has a good chance of survival

The fear of a premature birth has probably every pregnant woman. However, great worries are usually unfounded, because statistically, only comes one percent of all babies before the 32nd week of pregnancy to the world.

SSW 24-27 is a critical time for premature birth, The birth weight of babies is still very low, many organ functions are not or not fully developed. Week-long medical care is indispensable for premature babies in this phase? usually with respiratory support, circulation monitoring and artificial nutrition.

The risk of neurological damage, visual or hearing problems and serious learning disabilities is high. However, many children born prematurely manage to balance out health problems and developmental deficiencies later.

Pregnancy calendar: This happens in the 25th week of pregnancy (2nd trimester) with your body

Gestational diabetes? in these weeks the test is on

If you have not had an appointment with the gynecologist: In these weeks, the test for gestational diabetes is on. In our article on the 24th SSW we have described exactly how it works.

Drink a lot!

From the 25th week of pregnancy your body forms more and more amniotic fluid, which is completely replaced every two hours. So: drink plenty of water, herbal or fruit tea.

Who is waddling there?

The increasing weight of the child is mainly carried by the spine, the large belly causes a change in the overall posture. The lumbar spine and pelvis automatically move more and more into the hollow-cross position. The altered pelvic position makes the gait a little wider and louder - you may feel like a waddling duck. The birth is even 15 weeks away? Relaxing exercises help against the pain in the lumbar spine, which plagues many during these weeks of pregnancy.

Pregnancy gymnastics and pelvic floor exercises: Exercise "The elevator"

• Back pain helps to relieve the spine at night. If you've already got yourself a nursing pillow, you can put it between your legs as you sleep on the side, which immediately creates relief.
• The "attitude of the child" and the cow-cat-exercise from yoga help to relax.
• Through pelvic floor exercises during pregnancy, your muscles in the pelvic floor is better supplied with blood and thus more elastic. The risk of a birth rupture at birth is reduced. A gentle one Pelvic floor exercises you can always insert in between: Try to imagine, you have to go to the bathroom urgently, and it is not close. The muscles that you tighten to stop are the pelvic floor muscles. Occasionally "shut off" all lower outputs. Later in the rehabilitation gymnastics you will practice the elevator meet again. She goes like this:

1. Imagine that the pelvic floor is an elevator in the abdomen, which can drive from floor to floor.
2. You get on the ground floor. This is the basic tension, now continue to tighten and let the elevator go up to the first floor, stop briefly.
3. Then lift the imaginary elevator even higher to the second floor.
4. From there, drive down again with stops, until you are in the basement (complete relaxation). Finally return to the starting position on the ground floor.

Pregnancy Update week 24 (April 2024).