18 Week Pregnant period is the very crucial point for every to be mom to diagnose their baby's health situations. In this 18 week pregnant period, the baby will be around 5.6 inches long in height and weight around 6 ounces.  By this 18 week pregnant period, the heart of the baby is completely developed. During this period, it will be good to consult a doctor and check for any abnormalities present in the baby's heart. In most of the cases, there will be no abnormalities but sadly if there are any that are detected, then it will be the good time to take the remedies steps in order to make sure the things come back to original and expected position.

At this 18 week pregnant period, for baby, a protecting layer called Myelin will start developing around their nerves. This development continues up to the ninth month. At this period only, it will be possible even to identify what is the gender of the baby but generally, this is prohibited everywhere to know what the gender of the baby is.

In this period of 18 week pregnant, women can feel their uterus below their bellybutton. In this period only, women will gain weight and to be considered as normal, this weight gain should be in the range of 13 to 15 pounds. In this period, the uterus of women who is normal will size up to a tiny melon.

One more change that appears during this period is that women will start feeling uncomfortable while sleeping as this is the time where belly expands. In this case, it is advisable for pregnant women to sleep towards the left side. This will help to reduce the stress that falls on the uterus during sleeping and allowing expanding freely. Using a pregnancy pillow during this period is worth it.

Most of the women should undergo for an ultrasound scan during this period just to know the heart diagnosis of the child rather than for knowing the gender of the baby. This is just to ensure that the child is growing properly without any defects. Many of the couple enjoy attending this diagnosis together as they can able to see the movements of their little emperor or empress.

In many cases, this 18 week pregnant is the correct period to enable one to know the gender of the baby. Nevertheless, to know the gender of the baby is completely personal to the couple such that they can know at this period or they can wait so that they can have surprise at the birth of the baby. In Countries like India, the second chance is forced and to my understanding, it is a good practice too in countries like India.

Many of the ultrasonic machines are accurate in determining the gender of the baby but sometimes they also can mislead. There are number of proofs in the past for this type of incidents where the technician reported the baby as girl but at birth, baby boy appears. So one should not go blindly behind the reports of technicians alone.

A pregnancy pillow is a precious gift that can be given to a woman who is 18 week pregnant. Taking very much care in this 18 week pregnant period not only helps the baby to have a grand entry into this world but also is a way to help the mothers enjoy their motherliness.