Pregnancy tracker

What you are experiencing - 17th week

You may notice dark stains around your eyes and on your forehead that get darker after sun bathing. This phenomenon, often called pregnancy mask, is due to hormonal changes and will disappear after delivery as the hormones of pregnancy with fade away.

In women with dark skin and hair, this mask is more obvious. Stretch marks could also appear now. Then again, the elasticity of the skin is different from one person to another and the intensity of the phenomenon varies a lot. In most people, the marks will greatly shrink after birth.