weeks by week pregnancy - 24th week

Your baby measuring nearly 30 centimeters (12 inches) has a slender silhouette, but it will soon take the weight and have a fuller figure.


Your uterus is now at almost 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) above your navel, which means that the size of a balloon volleyball.


Between the 24th and 28th weeks, many women spend a glucose screening test designed to determine the presence or absence of gestational diabetes, that is to say an elevation of blood sugar during pregnancy, a condition that increases the risk of complications for the baby as a decrease in blood sugar at birth.




You may feel a little itchy because the skin of the abdomen and breasts stretches.




It is also important to know the signs of premature labor: increase in vaginal discharge, that is to say watery, mucous, or blood-tinged pink, any vaginal bleeding or bloody loss, abdominal pain or cramping like a menstrual period or more than four contractions per hour, increased pelvic pressure, or pain in lower back so far unknown.