Once you have entered your second trimester of pregnancy you will find that the risk of miscarriage has reduced dramatically. Due to the leveling of the hormone, nausea should be letting up and now you may feel better and your energy level should be on boost again. It is the time when you can see some physical changes in your self like breast started filling up with colostrums in preparation for the baby’s birth. Now the chin, nose and forehead of the baby are more defined and giving a much more human look. At this time baby facial muscles attach themselves, the baby is able to frown, smile and wrinkle its brow. The neck is longer and its chin is no more resting on his chest. Reflexes can be seen in baby, if you touch the baby feet and toes will curl down, touch her palms and finger will close. Yet your little one is still only about 3 inches long and weighs no more than a slice of cheese. At this time mother must take plenty of fiber in her diet to forestall the constipation that trouble mother. During the second trimester of pregnancy your heart will be enlarged in order to handle your increased blood volume and it starts pumping out twenty percent more blood than it did before your pregnancy, as though your heart would burst with love for your little one.

Now all the major organs and system have formed in the fetus in the second trimester of pregnancy. Gradually the weight of the fetus will multiply more than seven times over the next months. At this time the baby becomes much more active, it starts rolling from side to side and turning upside down and back. Baby will start sucking his thumb. At the end of the second trimester of pregnancy baby will be approximately twelve inches long and weight about a pound and a half. All these changes occurs in the second trimester of pregnancy.