Will the fetus smile at 5 and a half months of pregnancy? I remember that I went for a four-dimensional color ultrasound when I was less than 5 months pregnant. It was the third time that my girl showed her face. At that time, the doctor happily said: Look, she is smiling. I started laughing when I got excited. When I laughed, my stomach trembled a few times, and the child quickly turned his face away. It turns out that my girl is indeed shy. Therefore, it is said that fetuses can smile when they are 5 months old, but scientists have studied fetuses smiling in the womb much earlier.
When does a fetus smile? In 2010, British medical researchers published a photo of a smiling fetus. The fetus was just 17 months old. In the photo, the corners of the child's mouth were upward, and it felt like the mouth was shaking. Grinning up to the ears. From this, researchers have proven that the fetus can feel the mother's joy, anger, sorrow, and joy in the womb at 17 weeks, can feel vibrations from the outside world, and can make different expressions according to its own emotions.
Researchers have only seen fetal cries in 18-9-year-old fetuses before, but have never seen a child's smile in such a small fetus. This proves that fetuses can smile as early as four months old. What else can a 5-and-a-half-month-old fetus do besides smile? The fifth month of pregnancy is when the fetus moves most frequently, because the fetus is just the right size at this time, the space in the uterus is relatively large, and the fetus is quite active. In addition to smiling, the fetus also makes many small movements. The fetus will turn over in the mother's belly.
This kind of turning over is the whole body rolling in the uterus. It usually lasts for a long time, lasting about 30 seconds. The fetus will swallow amniotic fluid in the mother's belly. Most of the time, the amount of amniotic fluid that the fetus can swallow every day is 500-700 ml. If the fetus cannot swallow amniotic fluid because the esophagus is closed, it will cause polyhydramnios in the pregnant mother. The fetus will punch and kick in the mother's belly.
Five-month-old fetuses are not like those in the third trimester who can only lie or sit in the womb. Five-month-old fetuses can even stand in the womb. Their kicking movements are the most frequent. This is also the time when fetal movements are most intense. The fetus will entertain itself. A 5-month-old fetus will eat its hands in the mother's belly and play with the umbilical cord, but don't worry, the fetus is relatively small and the umbilical cord will easily come out by itself if it plays with it.
What abilities does the 5-month-old fetus begin to have and begin to hear the mother’s heartbeat? At 19 weeks of pregnancy, the fetus’s sensory organs begin to develop. At this time, the fetus’ sense of taste, smell, touch, vision, and hearing begin. Developing in a specialized area of ??the brain, the fetus at this time is like a small "eavesdropper". She can hear her mother's heartbeat and the sounds of her mother and the outside world.
The fetus can feel the changes in the mother’s emotions. Because of the rapid development of the fetal brain, at 5 months of pregnancy, the connectivity between neurons in the fetal brain begins to increase, so the fetus can sense the mother’s emotions. It will become more and more obvious, which is why the fetus will cry and laugh at this time. So when you are 5 months pregnant, a very important thing for the pregnant mother is to interact with the fetus and start prenatal education for the child. At this time, the fetus can sense the mother's emotions and can also amplify external sounds. Prenatal education is the best way to communicate with the child.