SHe is due Wednesday ultrasound dates but period date is next Sunday.
I go back to hospital on Wednesday.
Week Thirty-Nine
- The lanugo has mostly disappeared, but you'll probably find a bit on her shoulders, arms and legs and in those protected little bodily creases. It will vanish completely on its own in time.
- Her lungs are maturing and surfactant production is increasing and fully prepared to take on the outside world!
- Your baby doesn't have much room to move and certainly mum agrees! Did you imagine 8 months ago that this wee one would be able to hook a toe in your ribs while elbowing your bladder? She certainly has grown!
- Her body continues laying on the fat stores that will help regulate her body temperature after birth. In addition to normal fat,she is accumulating a special "brown" fat in the nape of herneck, between her shoulders and around organs. Brown fat cells are important for thermogenesis (generating heat) during her first weeks.
- Your infant's weight is around 7.25 pounds (3288gm) and length is 19.9 inches (50.7cm).
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