Ultrasound exam. At a mid-pregnancy ultrasound, usually done between 16 and 20 weeks, your baby will be carefully examined. Quad screen (second-trimester prenatal screening). Find out what the multiple marker screening test can tell you.
During the winter months, when light weakens, you may need to move your ficus to a stronger light. Be aware that, because the ficus is sensitive to change, it may drop leaves when you first move it, but it will recover in thirty to sixty days.
Other plants are semi-evergreen and lose their leaves before the next growing season, retaining some during winter or dry periods. Some trees, including a few species of oak, have desiccated leaves that remain on the tree through winter; these dry persistent leaves are called marcescent leaves and are dropped in the spring as new growth begins.