23 Weeks Pregnant - What to Expect

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At a smidge over a pound and about 11 inches long, the length of a carrot, your baby-to-be is actually looking a bit like a Shar Pei. Very cute, but still very wrinkly, with skin hanging loosely from that little body.
But don't worry, the fat is about to start catching up. Beginning this week, your little puppy begins to pack on the pounds, in fact, doubling that baby weight during the next month. Once those fat deposits are made, your baby will be less transparent too. Right now, the organs and bones can still be seen through the skin, which is cellophane-thin and has taken on a reddish cast, thanks to the vivid network of blood vessels developing underneath. Luckily, a tough protective protein called keratin is being added to your baby's skin cells, and that'll thicken the skin. By month 8, baby won't be see-through anymore.
Your little one's lungs are maturing slowly but surely. Small capillaries are forming in the lungs and specialized lung cells, called pneumocytes, are developing. These all-important cells will produce surfactant down the road, the crucial substance that'll help baby's lungs expand after birth.
In the meantime, take a look at the placenta, your baby's recently completed life support system. The pancake-shaped placenta is attached to your uterine wall and connected to your baby by the umbilical cord. It acts as a sophisticated trading post and filtering system, transferring oxygen and nutrients to your fetus and removing waste products. It also protects your baby, serving as a sort of fetal security checkpoint, by preventing harmful substances and infections from passing from your system into your baby's. The placenta is also hard at work producing hormones, estrogen and progesterone, that keep your pregnancy going strong. Pretty impressive for a network of blood vessels.

[@cuisineallfuntravelnetwork8615]

I’m 23 weeks pls help me lord for my baby girl safety and full term delivery and all of us pregnant women in the world

[@brenstardeventa6320]

Pray without ceasing🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@cheryl7095]

Ameen

[@mr.b.h.z9019]

Can I be the stepdad 😂

[@rachanatamrakar7033]

M having great as well. Good luck

[@MaiMai-ys4yg]

Amen 🙏🏼 ❤

[@LamourBreeee0x]

may we all deliver safely with no complications ❤❤❤❤

[@dennisdzewu-zp1zf]

Amen and Amen

[@fakihaahmed8772]

Ameen ❤

[@ninas4968]

Amen 🙏🏼 thank you! ❤😊

[@Missy-e9k]

Amen.❤

[@renisemiles]

In Jesus name !

[@daneelou3526]

23 weeks and 2 days. This is our 3rd son. Praying for an awesome pregnancy and delivery for all of us ❤️❤️❤️

[@Amberjean1998]

23 weeks today and I can’t wait to meet my baby boy. 🥰

[@abigailchungu]

Let keep on moving team July

[@Yurstrulyjay]

My due date is July 20th🥳

[@cuisineallfuntravelnetwork8615]

@@Yurstrulyjay wow you are almost there mine is sept 21 pls pray for me and I pray for you too

[@kenteriamarie5775]

Did she call our kids a puppy

[@raenishawillridge3837]

Yes She Did

[@Katerina_B98]

yeah I thought that was kind of weird LMAO

[@kemartini]

😂😂😂

[@teboyhijahau78]

She did😂so weird

[@Momma_M]

😂 yes. Because she said the baby looks like a Shar pei, the wrinkly dog!

[@caliracks9991]

Week 23❤I can’t wait for my girl!

[@abigailchungu]

Hai,team July

[@mklightemup3567]

Hope all is going well

[@DENVER69]

23 weeks today🩷🩷and she moves all day and night

[@haiderkazmi932]

my 23 week starts and I am feeling kicks and movement.... but slow vibrations I am feeling sometime. I hv many complications. pleasd pray for me

[@haiderkazmi932]

tomorrow I'll go for anomaly scan.

[@KandiaFrobes-y9n]

Am 23 pregnant hopefully the baby will come safe and need to some sleeps

[@maeamornoquera675]

23 weeks pregnant at the same time our first wedding anniversary🥰🥰🥰. Praying for safety normal delivery and no complications. May God bless us all mommies❤❤❤

[@cristiandrodriguez4065]

Can't wait for my baby boy, love my wife 💙

[@JAHURA21]

Alhamduliah

[@mjl7437]

Puppy?🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@nehasamreen3563]

I m 23 weeks pregnant today

[@evelinamatulyte2135]

Me too

[@shraddhamishra8404]

Me too😊

[@ShannonVanBeek]

Me too

[@merariherbert]

Me too

[@YasarArabath-w2n]

Me too

[@Languages-learning3]

23 weeks can’t wait to meet my baby girl 🌸🎀🥹

[@MusaHenry-e5k]

God help me to the safety of my baby

[@ivanavasquez2475]

23 weeks this week 😍 baby girl is due July 24th 🎉

[@yesicamorena]

Congrats, 🎉 mines is due July 21st. And it's a girl too. Best wishes n blessings.

[@emilyprice4353]

Due July 27th 🎉

[@Seweatiee]

mines July 28th congrats

[@LynnaSloan]

Did she say puppy 👀

[@KadianSmith-v9n]

I wonder how many wrinkly puppies Heidi have given birth to🤔🙄

[@sarahjoon4498]

Wow im 23 weeks now and see how women's body is developed we create another human inside without even know how! Is not that fascinating😅

[@miriamkenya9399]

Am 21n my baby is in breech position 😭😭n I was bleeding Abit please help

[@Jakingandlex]

23 weeks today yay

[@tumpashit5710]

God save my baby

[@MelissaFindlay-q9s]

No 😂 she said baby weight has been doubled puppy weight.

[@SonuKumar-eo2ib]

Good❤

[@skycutie77]

My baby sitting very high I feel him push him pushing so hard in there!

[@megannrody4ever]

23 weeks and 2 days ❤❤❤

[@SanjayPatil-ij1qn]

❤

[@sanijam9281]

I am 23 week ❤

[@FlorenceSumbula-sm9pt]

Am 23weeks pregnant, is it possible to know the gender of the baby

[@kyleahcarey2390]

yes

[@kyleahcarey2390]

you should be able to tell by week 16

[@IvethS]

I found out thru the 10 week genetic testing❤ some tests go even earlier than that

[@PumelaVila]

Saw mine at 22 weeks so yes

[@user-sv4vi2iw4g]

You Should have got your second ultrasound (anatomy scan) by now. Then you can find out the gender as well.

[@abigailchungu]

22weeks 6days,

[@evelynfumpa9557]

Am 23 weeks 2 days

[@reaganjassempaje1907]

This dog doctor 😅 why puppy 😅

[@vnessinessa]

Better than a fruit in my opinion. Lol

[@carmelitas]

I’m 23 weeks !!!

[@sekibananasxx]

Will be 23 weeks in a few days ☺️ cant wait to meet my son! ❤❤❤