Getting pregnant, though is the heavenliest event to most women, brings a lot of discomforts. Morning sickness is just the beginning. Next comes the swelling of your breasts. Urinating comes from time to time. Your stamina drains faster than usual. If you had difficulty with these on your first trimester, rejoice now for more exciting events come along in your 2nd trimester.

The 2nd trimester of pregnancy begins on your 14th week and ends on the 28th month. Because the discomforts of the first trimester have passed, the second trimester is often called the “golden trimester”. On these fourteen weeks, a lot of changes will now become visible. However, new discomforts will also appear.

One of the most evident changes of the second trimester of pregnancy is the weight of gain. Also, you will begin to feel your pregnancy more. Usually, the feeling on your lower abdomen resembles that of bubbly feeling.

The most exciting part of the second trimester, though, is the identification of the sex of the baby. This is determined within the 14th to 18th week. Once you go on an ultrasound, the fetus now begins to show facial expressions. Also, it is on this first four weeks of the 2nd trimester that the bones develop.

One of the reasons why pregnant women should have a harmonious environment is because of its effect on the baby. How? During the 18th week of pregnancy, the ears are now developed thus enabling the child to hear the mother’s heartbeat and other body processes that the mother is experiencing.

Since the sex of the child has already been identified during the 14th to 18th week, the development of the sex organs will start on the 19th week. Uterus and vagina will start to form for girls and boys have theirs during this period. The size of the baby now reaches up to 12 inches and inflicts a weight gain on you. The beginning of lactation begins on this period. You can identify when your breast becomes darker and wider. On the 24th to 28th month, which is the last month of the 2nd trimester, the baby approximately weighs 2 ¼ pounds with a size of 14 inches long. The shape of the baby is now recognizable but it still needs to develop since it still has no fat underneath its skin and need more nutrients to weigh more and grow.