Your Pregnancy Week-by-Week - 24 Weeks Pregnant

Your infant is about 1112 inches long and weights one pound, growing around 6 ounces a week. Growing lungs, bones, muscle, and baby fat account for a large portion of the weight. 

If you have any ideas about what (and who) your baby would look like? You'd almost be able to see if you had a baby cam at 24 weeks pregnant. Though still small, the lovely face is almost completely developed, with eyelashes, brows, and hair.

Will your child's hair be dark, purple, blond, or red, or will it be a mix? Her hair is actually white right now and there isn't any color. The fat that will accumulate under the skin of the infant is also absent from the photo at this time. 

The very tender skin is still very translucent before those fat deposits are formed, so a close look will show all of the muscles, bones, and blood vessels. Fortunately, the transparent appearance won't last long.

You're in month 6 of your pregnancy if you're 24 weeks old. There are just three months left!

What's been playing on the stereo machine in your little rocker lately? Your baby in the womb can hear a variety of sounds, like air exhaling from your lungs — take a deep breath now — gastric gurgles created by your stomach and intestines, your voice and that of your wife, which your baby will be able to recognise at birth, Also really loud noises like honking horns, barking dogs, or a wailing fire engine can be distracting.

Welcome to the club, if your former innie is now an outie. Almost every pregnant woman's belly button pops at some point as her uterus stretches and pushes against everything in its way.

After delivery, everything should return to normal, though your navel and other parts of your body can seem stretched. Consider it yet another badge of respect that only moms are entitled to wear.

When you're 24 weeks pregnant, what other maternity woes are bothering you? Your uncomfortably numb wrists and thumbs, for starters. Carpal tunnel syndrome is more likely than romance or even curiosity over the boy.

The tingling and numbness you feel in your wrists and fingers are commonly associated with repetitive motion jobs like typing, but carpal tunnel affects pregnant women for a particular cause — while repetitive motion may certainly contribute.

When you're pregnant, fluids collect in the lower extremities through the day, and are then redistributed to the rest of the body, including your hands, when you lie down, placing pressure on the nerve that passes along your forearm. In the fingertips, hand, or wrist, this triggers numbness, tingling, discomfort, or a dull ache.

Avoid lying on your hands and prop your knees up with a cushion at night for relaxation. Shaking the hands and wrists can also be beneficial. Taking regular hand-stretching breaks while you're performing repeated movements like playing the piano or texting, which can aggravate your symptoms.

Avoid lying on your hands and prop your knees up with a cushion at night for relaxation. Shaking the hands and wrists can also be beneficial. Taking regular hand-stretching breaks while you're performing repeated movements like playing the piano or texting, which can aggravate your symptoms.

Sure, you'd known that pregnancy comes with a slew of signs, the bulk of which aren't especially pleasant — in fact, none of them are particularly pleasant, unless you count quickly growing hair, nails, and breasts. However, you would not have expected too many apparently unrelated signs, such as raw, itchy palms that have little to do with how much dishwashing you do. The red can even extend to the soles of your feet, but you'll be less conscious of this as your feet get harder to see.

Though this is a typical symptom this early into pregnancy, be sure to tell your doctor about it because it may signify a rare condition called cholestasis of pregnancy, which is most common in the third trimester.

This, too, can be attributed to those annoying hormones, as can nearly all of the other unusual effects you'll experience as the months pass, such as a metallic taste in your mouth, skin tags that come out of nowhere, larger feet, excessive saliva, and vision changes, to name a few.

Aside from delivery, there are no surefire ways to get rid of the red. Stop getting overheated, such as by taking long, hot baths or showers, or by wearing too-warm or too-tight gloves or socks, as this can make the red redder.

Some women achieve comfort by washing their hands and feet in cold water or using an ice pack several times a day. When you're pregnant, you might also go on a dishwashing strike — just tell your partner it's on doctor's orders!