{"id":6755,"date":"2026-03-09T16:40:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6284dccae3.nxcli.io\/26-weeks-pregnant-baby-eyes-opening\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:36:14","slug":"26-weeks-pregnant-baby-eyes-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6284dccae3.nxcli.io\/26-weeks-pregnant-baby-eyes-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Weeks Pregnant: Your Baby&#8217;s Eyes Are Opening and What&#8217;s Happening This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- ONZ-CAROUSEL-CSS --><style>\/* Mid-article product pick *\/\n.onz-midpick{margin:36px 0;padding:28px 24px;background:#FFF9F4;border:1px dashed #e0d5c9;border-radius:14px;position:relative}\n.onz-mp-label{display:block;font-size:10px!important;font-weight:700!important;letter-spacing:.12em!important;text-transform:uppercase!important;color:#335348!important;margin-bottom:16px}\n.onz-mp-cards{display:flex;gap:20px}\n.onz-mp-card{display:flex;gap:18px;text-decoration:none!important;flex:1;align-items:center;padding:12px;background:#fff;border-radius:12px;border:1px solid #f0ebe4;transition:box-shadow .25s ease,transform .25s ease}\n.onz-mp-card:hover{box-shadow:0 6px 20px rgba(0,0,0,.08);transform:translateY(-2px)}\n.onz-mp-img{flex:0 0 35%;max-width:140px;background:#FFF0F3;border-radius:10px;padding:12px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center}\n.onz-mp-card:nth-child(2) .onz-mp-img{background:#F0F7FF}\n.onz-mp-img img{width:100%;height:100px;object-fit:contain;display:block}\n.onz-mp-info{flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px}\n.onz-mp-vendor{font-size:10px!important;font-weight:800!important;letter-spacing:.1em!important;text-transform:uppercase!important;color:#335348!important}\n.onz-mp-title{color:#2a2a2a!important;font-size:14px!important;font-weight:600!important;line-height:1.4!important}\n.onz-mp-price{color:#335348!important;font-size:18px!important;font-weight:800!important;margin:2px 0}\n.onz-mp-cta{color:#335348!important;font-size:12px!important;font-weight:700!important;margin-top:4px;transition:color .2s}\n.onz-mp-card:hover .onz-mp-cta{color:#4a7a6a!important}\n\/* Bottom carousel \u2014 toned-down, consistent with homepage *\/\n.onz-bestsellers{width:100%;background:#FFF9F4;border-top:none;position:relative;overflow:hidden}\n.onz-bestsellers::before,.onz-bestsellers::after{display:none}\n.onz-bestsellers-inner{max-width:1280px;margin:0 auto;padding:52px 24px 64px;position:relative}\n.onz-bs-header{display:flex;align-items:flex-end;justify-content:space-between;gap:16px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-bottom:20px;border-bottom:2px solid #335348}\n.onz-bs-header-text{flex:1}\n.onz-bs-heading{color:#335348!important;font-size:28px!important;font-weight:900!important;letter-spacing:.02em!important;margin:0 0 4px!important;line-height:1.15!important}\n.onz-bs-subheading{color:#999!important;font-size:13px!important;margin:0!important;font-style:italic}\n.onz-bs-shopall{font-size:12px!important;font-weight:700!important;text-transform:uppercase!important;letter-spacing:.1em!important;text-decoration:none!important;background:#335348;color:#fff!important;padding:8px 18px;border-radius:20px;transition:transform .2s,box-shadow .2s;white-space:nowrap;flex-shrink:0}\n.onz-bs-shopall:hover{transform:scale(1.05);box-shadow:0 4px 12px rgba(51,83,72,.3)}\n.onz-bs-carousel{position:relative}\n.onz-bs-track{display:flex;gap:20px;overflow-x:auto;scroll-snap-type:x mandatory;scroll-behavior:smooth;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;scrollbar-width:none;padding:8px 4px 16px}\n.onz-bs-track::-webkit-scrollbar{display:none}\n.onz-bs-arrow{position:absolute;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);z-index:2;width:42px;height:42px;border:2px solid #335348;border-radius:50%;background:#fff;color:#335348;font-size:20px;line-height:1;cursor:pointer;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;transition:all .25s ease;box-shadow:0 3px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.08)}\n.onz-bs-arrow:hover{background:#335348;color:#fff;transform:translateY(-50%) scale(1.1);box-shadow:0 5px 16px rgba(51,83,72,.25)}\n.onz-bs-arrow--left{left:-16px}.onz-bs-arrow--right{right:-16px}\n.onz-bs-card{flex:0 0 calc(25% - 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This article covers fetal development milestones, viability, common pregnancy symptoms, movement monitoring, self-care strategies, and warning signs to discuss with your doctor.<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what nobody tells you about 26 weeks pregnant: your baby&#8217;s eyes are opening right now, for the very first time. Most people assume that&#8217;s a birth moment \u2014 that babies wake up to the world when they meet you. But the sensory groundwork starts weeks earlier, in the darkness of the womb.<\/p><p>At 26 weeks, your baby weighs about 1.7 pounds and measures roughly 14 inches long. Their eyelids are parting, their lungs are practicing with every hiccup, and their nervous system is firing in ways that make movements sharper and stronger than ever before. This article covers the major milestones happening right now, what your body is experiencing, and when to reach out to your care provider.<\/p>\n\n<h2>What&#8217;s Happening at 26 Weeks Pregnant: The Big Milestone<\/h2>\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been following along from 25 weeks pregnant, you already know things have been moving fast. This week? They move even faster.<\/p>\n\n<p>At 26 weeks, your baby weighs roughly 1.7 pounds and measures about 14 inches long \u2014 around the size of a head of lettuce. That&#8217;s a real, solid little person in there.<\/p>\n\n<p>But here&#8217;s the milestone that gets me every time: your baby&#8217;s eyes are opening. For the first time, those tiny eyelids \u2014 which have been fused shut since early in the second trimester \u2014 are beginning to part. They can&#8217;t see much yet, just light and shadow filtering through your belly. But they&#8217;re looking.<\/p>\n\n<p>The AAP notes that by this stage of development, babies are beginning to respond to light stimuli, which means that little flutter of movement you feel when you step into bright sunlight? That might not be a coincidence.<\/p>\n\n<p>Beyond the eyes, a lot is quietly happening. The lungs are continuing to develop surfactant \u2014 the substance that will help them inflate and breathe after birth. The brain is getting more complex by the week. And your baby is starting to lay down fat under that still-thin skin, slowly filling out into the baby you&#8217;ll eventually hold.<\/p>\n\n<p>The nervous system is maturing too. Responses are sharper. Movements are stronger. This is a baby who is practicing \u2014 hiccupping, swallowing, turning \u2014 getting ready for a world they haven&#8217;t met yet.<\/p>\n\n<p>Twenty-six weeks is deep into the second trimester, and your baby is building everything they need. Week by week, quietly, steadily. You&#8217;re doing the same.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Baby&#8217;s Eyes Are Opening: What This Means<\/h2>\n\n<p>This one gets me every time. Around 26 weeks pregnant, your baby&#8217;s eyes \u2014 which have been fused shut since early in the second trimester \u2014 begin to open for the first time.<\/p>\n\n<p>Those tiny eyelids part slowly. It&#8217;s not a dramatic moment from the outside, but inside? It&#8217;s enormous.<\/p>\n\n<p>What can they actually see? Not much, honestly. The womb is dark, but not completely lightless. If you shine a bright light against your belly, your baby can detect it \u2014 a faint glow filtering through.<\/p>\n\n<p>They&#8217;re not making out shapes or faces yet. But the visual system is starting to wire itself up. Light perception is the very beginning of that process.<\/p>\n\n<p>The pupils are also starting to respond to light now \u2014 constricting and dilating. That reflex, the one your baby will use every day of their life, is practising in the dark right now.<\/p>\n\n<p>The AAP notes that newborn vision is still quite limited at birth \u2014 babies can see about 8 to 12 inches clearly, just enough to focus on your face during feeding. The groundwork for that starts here, in these quiet weeks before birth.<\/p>\n\n<p>Eyes opening also connects to something bigger: the whole sensory picture coming together. By now, your baby can hear your voice, respond to touch, and detect light. The senses aren&#8217;t developing one at a time \u2014 they&#8217;re layering on top of each other.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been reading about how this sensory awakening builds, the 22 weeks pregnant piece covers a lot of the earlier groundwork \u2014 it&#8217;s worth a look to see how far things have come.<\/p>\n\n<p>Your baby is taking in their world. A small, warm, muffled world \u2014 but theirs.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Viability and Survival Rates at 26 Weeks<\/h2>\n\n<p>If preterm birth is on your mind right now \u2014 whether because of a complication, a scare, or just the anxiety that comes with this stage \u2014 I want to start by saying that fear makes complete sense. This is the territory where things start to feel very real, very fast.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I know: being 26 weeks pregnant puts you in a place that modern medicine has genuinely transformed. Survival rates at this gestation have improved dramatically over the last few decades, and that&#8217;s not a small thing.<\/p>\n\n<p>The lungs are the big piece of the puzzle right now. At 26 weeks, they&#8217;re producing surfactant \u2014 the substance that keeps the tiny air sacs open so breathing can happen. They&#8217;re not fully developed, but they&#8217;re working on it, and that matters enormously if a baby arrives early.<\/p>\n\n<p>The AAP recognizes that with appropriate neonatal intensive care, babies born at 26 weeks have survival rates of around 80\u201390%, with outcomes continuing to improve as gestational age increases. That number would have been unthinkable a generation ago.<\/p>\n\n<p>What&#8217;s behind that shift is the level of care available in modern NICUs \u2014 ventilator support, surfactant therapy, temperature regulation, and round-the-clock monitoring. It doesn&#8217;t make early birth easy. But it does mean that babies born at this stage have a real fighting chance.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"onz-article-img\" style=\"margin:2.5rem 0;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/6284dccae3.nxcli.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/post-6755-26-weeks-pregnant-your-baby-s-eyes-are-o-mid.webp\" alt=\"Overhead flat lay of prenatal wellness items and pregnancy essentials during 26 weeks\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>If you want to understand how the weeks ahead build on what&#8217;s happening right now, the 28 weeks pregnant guide walks through the next big developmental milestones \u2014 including what changes with lung maturity and brain development as you move further into the third trimester.<\/p>\n\n<p>None of this is meant to minimize how frightening prematurity feels. It&#8217;s meant to remind you that you&#8217;re not powerless, and neither is your baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- ONZ-MID-PICK --><div style=\"margin:36px 0;padding:28px 24px;background:#FFF9F4;border:1px dashed #e0d5c9;border-radius:14px\"><span style=\"display:block;font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#335348 !important;margin-bottom:16px\">Picked for this article<\/span><div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:20px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onzenna.com\/products\/ppsu-straw-cup-10oz-300ml?utm_source=blog&#038;utm_medium=content&#038;utm_campaign=blog_midpick_260727&#038;utm_content=fix260802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:flex;gap:18px;text-decoration:none !important;color:#22312c !important;flex:1 1 260px;min-width:240px;align-items:center;padding:12px;background:#fff;border-radius:12px;border:1px solid #f0ebe4\"><div style=\"flex:0 0 35%;max-width:140px;background:#FFF0F3;border-radius:10px;padding:12px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/7876\/5890\/files\/grosmimi-ppsu-straw-cup-10oz-6-months-2647327_400x.png?v=1780047072\" alt=\"Grosmimi PPSU Straw Cup - 10oz (6 Months+)\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%;height:100px;object-fit:contain;display:block\"><\/div><div style=\"flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#335348 !important\">Grosmimi<\/span><span style=\"color:#2a2a2a !important;font-size:14px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.4\">Grosmimi PPSU Straw Cup &#8211; 10oz (6 Months+)<\/span><span style=\"color:#335348 !important;font-size:18px;font-weight:800;margin:2px 0;display:block\">$24.90<\/span><span style=\"color:#b45309 !important;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;margin-top:4px\">Shop Now &rarr;<\/span><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/onzenna.com\/products\/naeiae-pop-rice-snack-bundle-5-packs?utm_source=blog&#038;utm_medium=content&#038;utm_campaign=blog_midpick_260727&#038;utm_content=fix260802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:flex;gap:18px;text-decoration:none !important;color:#22312c !important;flex:1 1 260px;min-width:240px;align-items:center;padding:12px;background:#fff;border-radius:12px;border:1px solid #f0ebe4\"><div style=\"flex:0 0 35%;max-width:140px;background:#F0F7FF;border-radius:10px;padding:12px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/7876\/5890\/files\/pop_rice_thumb_front_400x.png?v=1782348971\" alt=\"Naeiae Korean Pop Rice Snack Bundle (5 PACKS)\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%;height:100px;object-fit:contain;display:block\"><\/div><div style=\"flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#335348 !important\">Naeiae<\/span><span style=\"color:#2a2a2a !important;font-size:14px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.4\">Naeiae Korean Pop Rice Snack Bundle (5 PACKS)<\/span><span style=\"color:#335348 !important;font-size:18px;font-weight:800;margin:2px 0;display:block\">$24.60<\/span><span style=\"color:#b45309 !important;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;margin-top:4px\">Shop Now &rarr;<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><!-- ONZ-MID-PICK -->\n\n<h2>Common Physical Changes and Symptoms at 26 Weeks<\/h2>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the honest truth: the second half of pregnancy is where your body really starts to make itself known.<\/p>\n\n<p>Back pain is one of the most common things you&#8217;ll feel right now. Your center of gravity has shifted, your belly is pulling forward, and your ligaments are doing a lot of work they&#8217;ve never done before. It&#8217;s a lot to carry \u2014 literally.<\/p>\n\n<p>Braxton-Hicks contractions might be showing up more often too. They feel like a tightening across your belly, usually irregular and short. They&#8217;re your uterus practicing, not a sign that something&#8217;s wrong \u2014 but if they become rhythmic or painful, always check in with your provider.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sleep is getting harder to come by, and that&#8217;s not just frustrating \u2014 it&#8217;s exhausting in a way that&#8217;s hard to describe. Finding a position that&#8217;s comfortable with a growing bump, plus trips to the bathroom, plus a mind that won&#8217;t stop \u2014 it&#8217;s a lot. A pregnancy pillow can genuinely help your hips and lower back stay supported through the night.<\/p>\n\n<p>And your baby? They are moving. If you&#8217;ve been feeling flutters since around 16 weeks pregnant, what you feel now is something else entirely \u2014 rolls, kicks, jabs. Real, unmistakable movement.<\/p>\n\n<p>Most people describe this stage as both wonderful and a little overwhelming. You&#8217;re far enough along that the pregnancy feels very real, but far enough from the end that the finish line still feels distant.<\/p>\n\n<p>Being 26 weeks pregnant means you&#8217;re in that in-between space. Your body is working incredibly hard. Give it \u2014 and yourself \u2014 some grace.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Baby Movement and Kick Counts: What to Expect<\/h2>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the thing nobody tells you: tracking kicks can feel reassuring one minute and send you into a spiral the next.<\/p>\n\n<p>At 26 weeks pregnant, your baby has real patterns now \u2014 active periods, quiet periods, times when they&#8217;re clearly awake and times when they&#8217;re genuinely sleeping. That&#8217;s normal. You&#8217;re not doing anything wrong when an hour passes and you feel nothing.<\/p>\n\n<p>The AAP recommends doing kick counts once daily starting around 28 weeks, but many care providers suggest getting familiar with your baby&#8217;s patterns earlier than that \u2014 so this week is actually a good time to start paying attention.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what to do: pick a time when your baby is usually active (often after you eat), lie down on your left side, and count until you feel 10 movements. It should take under two hours. Most of the time, it takes far less.<\/p>\n\n<p>Movements can be kicks, rolls, jabs, or even hiccups. All of it counts. What you&#8217;re looking for is a change from what&#8217;s normal <em>for your baby<\/em> \u2014 not someone else&#8217;s baby, not an app&#8217;s average.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you feel fewer movements than usual, drink something cold, lie down, and count again. If you still can&#8217;t get to 10 movements in two hours \u2014 call your provider. Don&#8217;t wait. Don&#8217;t talk yourself out of it.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is one of those situations where it&#8217;s always okay to call and be wrong. Your care team would rather reassure you a hundred times than have you sit at home worrying.<\/p>\n\n<p>Movement patterns continue to shift as your pregnancy progresses \u2014 if you&#8217;re curious about what comes next, the 30 weeks pregnant guide covers how things change in the final stretch.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Self-Care and Wellness Tips for Late Second Trimester<\/h2>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the honest truth: this stage is harder than people tell you it&#8217;s going to be. You&#8217;re big enough to feel it, but still weeks away from the finish line.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sleep gets complicated fast. A pregnancy pillow between your knees and under your belly is a game-changer \u2014 your hips will thank you by morning.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re waking up with leg cramps, you&#8217;re not alone. Magnesium glycinate before bed helps a lot of women. Ask your midwife or OB if it&#8217;s right for you.<\/p>\n\n<p>Heartburn at this stage is relentless. Smaller meals, eating earlier in the evening, and staying upright after you eat \u2014 none of it is glamorous, but all of it works.<\/p>\n\n<p>Swelling is real. Drink more water than you think you need, keep your feet up when you can, and don&#8217;t feel guilty about asking for help with things that require you to stand for long stretches.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"onz-article-img\" style=\"margin:2.5rem 0;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/6284dccae3.nxcli.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/post-6755-26-weeks-pregnant-your-baby-s-eyes-are-o-end.webp\" alt=\"Close-up intimate moment of pregnant woman&#x27;s belly at 26 weeks in soft golden light\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Around 26 weeks pregnant, the emotional weight starts to match the physical weight. You might feel excited, terrified, overwhelmed, and grateful \u2014 sometimes within the same hour. That&#8217;s not a problem to fix. That&#8217;s just where you are.<\/p>\n\n<p>Move your body gently every day if you can. A short walk, some prenatal stretching, even just getting outside. It does something for your nervous system that nothing else quite replicates.<\/p>\n\n<p>And if you&#8217;re already starting to think about the weeks ahead \u2014 what labor looks like, what recovery might feel like \u2014 that&#8217;s normal too. The 34 weeks pregnant guide is worth bookmarking for when you&#8217;re ready to start thinking through birth preparation.<\/p>\n\n<p>Take care of yourself now. Not because you have to earn rest. Because you deserve it.<\/p>\n\n<h2>When to Call Your Doctor: Warning Signs at 26 Weeks<\/h2>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the thing nobody tells you clearly enough: most discomfort at this stage is normal. But some symptoms aren&#8217;t, and knowing the difference can genuinely matter.<\/p>\n\n<p>Call your doctor or go to the ER right away if you notice sudden swelling in your face or hands \u2014 especially paired with a headache that won&#8217;t quit. That combination can be a sign of preeclampsia, and it needs to be checked, not waited out.<\/p>\n\n<p>Speaking of headaches \u2014 a dull tension headache is one thing. A severe, sudden headache that feels different from anything you&#8217;ve had before is another. If that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re experiencing, don&#8217;t second-guess it. Pregnancy headaches second trimester can sometimes signal something that needs medical attention fast.<\/p>\n\n<p>Other red flags to take seriously: vaginal bleeding, significant pelvic pressure or cramping that comes in waves, fluid leaking from your vagina, or pain when you urinate. None of those are &#8220;just part of pregnancy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>Pay attention to your baby&#8217;s movement too. The AAP recommends that pregnant women become familiar with their baby&#8217;s normal movement patterns and contact their provider if they notice a significant decrease. At this stage, your baby is active enough that a sudden quiet spell is worth reporting.<\/p>\n\n<p>Visual disturbances \u2014 blurry vision, seeing spots, or flashing lights \u2014 also go on the call-immediately list. So does chest pain or difficulty breathing that comes on suddenly.<\/p>\n\n<p>You know your body. If something feels off, that instinct is worth a phone call. You are not being dramatic. You are not wasting anyone&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n\n<p>Trust yourself. And when in doubt, call.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><h3>Can my baby see at 26 weeks pregnant?<\/h3><p>Your baby&#8217;s eyes are opening at 26 weeks, but vision is extremely limited. They can detect light and shadow filtering through your belly, and their pupils are beginning to respond to light stimuli.<\/p><p>They cannot yet see shapes, faces, or colors. Clear vision develops after birth \u2014 newborns can typically see about 8 to 12 inches clearly, which is just enough to focus on your face during feeding.<\/p><h3>What size is my baby at 26 weeks?<\/h3><p>At 26 weeks, your baby weighs approximately 1.7 pounds and measures about 14 inches long \u2014 roughly the size of a head of lettuce.<\/p><p>From this point forward, your baby will continue to gain weight steadily and develop the reserves they need for life outside the womb.<\/p><h3>Is my baby viable if born at 26 weeks?<\/h3><p>Yes. At 26 weeks, your baby is considered viable, meaning they have a reasonable chance of survival with medical support. Modern neonatal care has dramatically improved outcomes for babies born at this stage.<\/p><p>Lung development and surfactant production are advancing rapidly at 26 weeks, which is critical for breathing. However, a baby born now would require intensive care in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).<\/p><h3>How much should my baby be moving at 26 weeks?<\/h3><p>By 26 weeks, you should be feeling regular, consistent movement \u2014 though patterns vary widely among babies. Some babies are naturally more active than others, and movement patterns can shift based on time of day, your activity level, and your baby&#8217;s sleep cycles.<\/p><p>What matters most is that you know your baby&#8217;s normal pattern. If you notice a significant decrease in movement, contact your care provider.<\/p><h3>What should I expect at my 26-week prenatal appointment?<\/h3><p>At your 26-week visit, your care provider will likely measure your belly, check your blood pressure, and test your urine. You may also have a glucose screening test to check for gestational diabetes.<\/p><p>This is a good time to discuss any symptoms you&#8217;re experiencing, ask about movement patterns, and address concerns as you move into the third trimester.<\/p>\n\n<!-- ONZ-BOTTOM-CAROUSEL --><div class=\"onz-bestsellers--post\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:24px 0 0;padding:24px 0 8px;border-top:1px solid #e8e4de\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;margin-bottom:16px\"><span style=\"color:#335348;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">You Might Also Like<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onzenna.com\/collections\/all?utm_source=blog&#038;utm_medium=content&#038;utm_campaign=blog_carousel_260728\" style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none !important;color:#335348 !important;letter-spacing:.05em\">Shop All &rarr;<\/a><\/div><div style=\"position:relative\"><button onclick=\"document.getElementById('onzPostCarousel').scrollBy({left:-220,behavior:'smooth'})\" style=\"position:absolute;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);z-index:2;width:30px;height:30px;border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:50%;background:#fff;color:#335348;font-size:16px;line-height:1;cursor:pointer;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.08);left:-6px\" aria-label=\"Scroll left\">&#8249;<\/button><div id=\"onzPostCarousel\" style=\"display:flex;gap:14px;overflow-x:auto;scroll-snap-type:x mandatory;scroll-behavior:smooth;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;scrollbar-width:none;padding:4px 0 8px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onzenna.com\/products\/babyrabbit-storybook-socks-set?utm_source=blog&#038;utm_medium=content&#038;utm_campaign=blog_carousel_260728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"flex:0 0 calc(33.33% - 10px);scroll-snap-align:start;display:flex;flex-direction:column;text-decoration:none !important;color:#335348 !important;background:#fff;border-radius:10px;overflow:hidden;border:1px solid #eee;min-width:0\"><div style=\"overflow:hidden;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:12px;background:#fafafa\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/7876\/5890\/files\/babyrabbit-storybook-socks-set-1760378_400x.jpg?v=1773206293\" alt=\"BabyRabbit Storybook Socks \u2014 Baby &amp; 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