Category Archives: Pregnancy week by week

Pregnancy Week 39

PREGNANCY WEEK 39 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, about the size of a mini-watermelon. (Boys tend to be slightly heavier than…
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Pregnancy Week 38

PREGNANCY WEEK 38 Your baby has really plumped up. She weighs about 6.8 pounds and he is over 19 1/2 inches long. He has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold him hand for the first time! His organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb.…
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Pregnancy Week 37

PREGNANCY WEEK 37  Congratulations! You've got what is officially considered a full-term baby, even with few weeks to go. That doesn't mean he's finished growing in fact, he's still packing on about a half pound a week (at this age, the average foetus weighs about 6.5 pounds). That makes it a little crowded in your…
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Pregnancy Week 36

PREGNANCY WEEK 36 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 more than 18 1/2 inches long. He's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered his body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy…
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