At 19 weeks pregnant your baby’s tastebuds are now well developed and they can taste the sweetness of the amniotic fluid in your womb. Well before they’re born, your baby will like sweet tastes, which give a calm, comforting feeling. Developing fast, their hearing is now sensitive enough to pick up sounds that are too high or too low for adults to hear. They’ve also added about another centimetre of growth in the last week – so your baby now measures around 19cm. Very soon you’ll be having your 20 week scan, an ultrasound offered to every pregnant woman on the NHS. This scan is usually offered anytime around now until your 21 week and allows the specialist to check your baby from head to toe. It’s also the first chance many mums-to-be get to see their baby, and many hospitals offer the chance for you to buy a photo to take home with you.