The end period of second trimester is defined as 26 weeks pregnant, with baby growing to 15 inches in length. The pregnant woman’s fetus starts adding a little fat to his bones and development of heart continues to grow. The heart beat can be heard through a stethoscope placed on the stomach of the expecting mother. Pumping of blood in the heart begins. The lungs of baby start developing blood vessels to make him prepare for life after coming out of mother’s womb. Organ maturation takes place and baby develops good sense of touch and sound.

The baby will start jumping every now and then in the womb on hearing loud music. Some parents therefore start enjoying reading books to them at this time. Eyes development is complete and baby will enter into the field of opening and blinking of eyes. Network of nerves to ear completes and blood circulation begins in the body of baby and placenta grows almost to the size of him. The umbilical cord thickens due to filling of nutrients in it. Fingernails and toenails develop and become prominent. Baby continues to breathe in the amniotic fluid and baby boys experience more growth as their testicles begin to descend in the scrotum. Baby shows movements in the mother’s body.

In the stage of 26 weeks pregnant, owing to increasing pregnancy health the normal clothes do not fit to woman as the uterus of the woman grows to 2.5 inches above belly button and has sensations under the ribs. She feels heartburn, weight gain, cramps in the muscles. She starts feeling slight contractions in the uterus which is called as Braxton-Hicks Contractions. Woman should, therefore, need to relax more. She should engage herself in light works and regularly do walking and stretching, as this will prepare the body for labor and birth.

Pregnancy is the result of the fertilization of an ovum of a woman by the sperm of a man in the uterus. The ovum gets implanted in the uterus for further development. Ectopic Pregnancy refers to the implantation of the ovum into the fallopian tubes, instead of uterus. This is due to varied reasons which can be tube infections, earlier surgery inside the abdomen covering fallopian tubes, ovaries, uterus, blockage of tubes because of pelvic inflammatory disease and use of medicines for fertility increase to conceive.

The common symptoms are vaginal bleeding, dizziness, sweat, shoulder tip pain, lower back pain, low blood pressure and extreme pain. This vaginal bleeding is the result of the rupturing of organs bearing baby due to his growth and it is a serious medical problem which needs immediate attention of the doctor immediately.  This problem is seen in 2 out of 100 pregnancies in India in an year. This pregnancy does not result into a live birth.

It cannot be detected in the early sign of pregnancy as the symptoms closely resemble a normal pregnancy such as missed periods, tenderness in breast, nausea, vomiting, frequent urination. The ultrasound cannot detect the signs of ecotopic pregnancy then the doctor has to do pelvic examination to properly detect it. Doctor has to also do the hCG test which is blood test to know the levels of hormone human chorionic gonadotropin produced by the placenta during pregnancy and is present in the blood and urine after 8 to 10 of conception. Its level rises as the pregnancy progresses, but in ecotopic pregnancy, the levels do not rise as fast as it should.

The early detection with treatment of this pregnancy involves injection of methorexate which inhibits the further growth of embryo. But, if it has progressed to a large scale, surgery is needed to remove, which requires incision at the pelvic region. It can also be removed by laproscopy.

There is a higher risk of this pregnancy in the women above 35 years of age. If the women do smoking and use multiple sexual partners, she is vulnerable to ecotopic pregnancy. Therefore, to give birth to a life, a woman should be careful about her life by using proper protective measures.