Sep
7
Your pregnancy: 39 weeks
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How your baby’s growing: Your baby’s waiting to greet the world! He continues to build a layer of fat to help control his body temperature after birth, but it’s likely he already measures about 20 inches and weighs a bit over 7 pounds. (Boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls.) The outer layers of […]
Aug
31
Your pregnancy: 38 weeks
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How your baby’s growing: Your baby has really plumped up. He weighs between 6 and 7 1/2 pounds (boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls), and she’s nearly 20 inches long. He has a firm grasp, which you’ll soon be able to test when you hold his hand for the first time! His organs […]
Aug
24
Your pregnancy: 37 weeks
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How your baby’s growing: Congratulations — your baby is full term! This means that if your baby arrives now, his lungs should be fully mature and ready to adjust to life outside the womb, even though your due date is still three weeks away.
Your baby weighs a little over 6 pounds and measures between 19 […]
Aug
17
Your Pregnancy: 36 Weeks
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How your baby’s growing: Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. He now weighs almost 6 pounds and is a little under 19 inches long. He’s shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered his body as well as the vernix caseosa, […]
Aug
10
Your Pregnancy: 35 Weeks
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How your baby’s growing: Your baby doesn’t have much room to maneuver now that he’s over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 pounds plus. Because it’s so snug in your womb, he isn’t likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times he kicks should remain about the same. His […]
Aug
3
Your Pregnancy: 34 Weeks
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How your baby’s growing: Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds and is almost 18 inches long. His fat layers — which will help regulate his body temperature once he’s born — are filling him out, making him rounder. His skin is also smoother than ever. His central nervous system is maturing and his […]
Jul
29
Your Pregnancy: 33 Weeks
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How your baby’s growing: This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds and has passed the 17-inch mark. He’s rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren’t fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to […]
Jul
23
Your Pregnancy: 32 Weeks
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How your baby’s growing: By now, your baby is just shy of 4 pounds and is nearly 17 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You’re gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she’ll gain a third to half of […]
Jul
13
Your Pregnancy: 31 Weeks
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How your baby’s growing: This week, your baby measures about 16 inches long. He weighs a little over 3 pounds and is heading into a growth spurt. He can turn his head from side to side, and his arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath his skin. He’s […]
Jul
6
Your Pregnancy: 30 Weeks
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How your baby’s growing: Your baby’s a bit more than 15 1/2 inches long now, and he weighs almost 3 pounds. A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds him, but that volume will decrease as he gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. His eyesight continues to develop, though it’s […]