Soft Touch.This profile shows a hand moving toward the face. Hand or finger sucking begins early in fetal life. The fetus may be kicking, too, although Mom probably won’t feel it.
Hello, hair. By the end of the week, your little one’s scalp hair pattern will be established for life. Some hair might begin to sprout, although it’s usually not evident for a few more weeks. Of course, this is no guarantee that your baby will be born with a full head of hair; some babies stay bald until several months after birth. Ultrafine, soft hair called lanugo is also appearing over your fetus’s entire body. This downy hair, which protects the delicate skin from the amniotic fluid, usually disappears just before or after birth.
Thin skinned. Underneath that lanugo is a fine layer of skin through which you can see blood vessels, which are already transporting blood. Mouth development continues—your little one may even be sucking on a thumb right now—and facial movements are a regular occurrence.
Measuring up. If you could peek inside your uterus, you’d see a tiny fetus that weighs anywhere from 1.7 to 2.5 ounces and measures 4.1 to 4.5 inches from crown to rump—about the size of a small grapefruit.
Thanks again to pampers for providing this information!
I love baby updates! So you’re close to the time they’d be able to determine the baby’s gender…are you going to find out or wait?
Best wishes for you! I am 37 weeks tomorrow.
speaking of baby (maegan… which is so what you’ll be calling her… lol, jk), i’m making cds…
oh, i keep forgetting the world isn’t nocturnal like myself… i was about to call you, but then i realized that you’re old and you need your sleep (jk again)
p.s. go see my myspace & lj, woman!
I always liked to know the size of my baby when she was growing inside of me (like raspberry, apple, etc.). It helped me visualize the baby a bit more…make it more real to me for some reason.