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Second trimester prenatal visits

Listen to your baby's heartbeat

Your caregiver may have picked up your baby's heartbeat as early as 10 weeks, using a handheld ultrasound device called a Doppler. But it's more common to hear the heartbeat for the first time at around 12 weeks, depending on your baby's position in your uterus, your weight, and the accuracy of your due date.

Checking your baby's heartbeat will become a regular part of every prenatal visit. Bring your partner so he can share in the thrill of hearing this dramatic sign of the life you've created together.

Examine your belly

Your practitioner will feel your abdomen to get a sense of the size of your growing uterus and baby. From midpregnancy on, she'll use a tape to measure your fundal height — the distance between your pubic bone and the top of your uterus — to estimate your baby's size and growth rate.

From 20 weeks until 36 weeks or so, the measurement (in centimeters) should roughly correspond to how many weeks pregnant you are. So if you're 24 weeks pregnant, your fundal height should measure about 24 centimeters. Your practitioner will also check your hands and feet for swelling. And if you have any particular physical complaints, she'll look into them now.

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