Full Term Fetus — 40 Weeks Pregnant

Week 40 of Pregnancy: Your Baby Prepares for Birth
This is the moment your baby (and you) has been waiting for! Now officially full-term, a baby born this week will weigh in the neighborhood of seven and a half pounds and measure anywhere from 19 to 22 inches. But many babies check in smaller or bigger [...]

Fetal Skills – 39 Weeks Pregnant

Week 39 of Pregnancy: Fetal Skills Expand
Your baby’s weight and height have probably increased only a little from last week (and your overstretched skin is probably grateful for that). But his or her brain is still developing rapidly (a pace that continues during the first three years of life), with changes you’ll be able to [...]

Preparing for Birth – 38 Weeks Pregnant

Week 38 of Pregnancy: Preparing for Birth
Only two more weeks (or plus two more, max) before your baby makes his or her appearance. And what an adorable appearance that will be! Your little one isn’t so little anymore — weighing in at close to seven pounds and hitting the height charts at the 21-inch mark [...]

Full Term Baby Birth – 37 Weeks Pregnant

Week 37 of Pregnancy: Full-Term Baby
With just three more weeks to go and at about six and a half pounds (though weight and height vary from fetus to fetus), your baby is doing just fine. You can expect weight gain to be about half an ounce per day. (Boys, though, are likely to be heavier [...]

Fetal Skull and Bones — 36 Weeks Pregnant

Week 36 of Pregnancy: Fetal Skull and Bones
Your baby’s skull isn’t the only soft structure in his or her little body. Most of your baby’s bones and cartilage are quite soft as well (they’ll harden over the first few years of life) — allowing for an easier journey as your baby squeezes through the [...]

Fetal Weight Gain – 35 Weeks Pregnant

Week 35 of Pregnancy: Fetal Weight Gain
At about 20 inches and five and a half pounds (but with about five more weeks to grow), most of your baby’s growth over the next month or so before you meet will be in weight (with a gain of anywhere from one pound to several), not height (baby’s [...]

Gender Differences – 34 Weeks Pregnant

Week 34 of Pregnancy: Gender Differences
Your baby could be as tall as 20 inches  right now and about five pounds. Need a visual? Hold a five-pound bag of flour in your arms and imagine it’s your soon-to-be-born baby (cradle it, and you’ll only get strange looks in the baking aisle). Then stack three such bags [...]

Fetal Immune System – 33 Weeks Pregnant

Week 33 of Pregnancy: Fetal Immune System
This week your baby may be anywhere between 17 to 19 inches in length and weigh more than four and a half pounds. At this stage in fetal development, your baby  could grow a full inch more this week alone — especially if he or she has been on [...]

Fetal Position — 32 Weeks Pregnant

Week 32 of Pregnancy: Fetal Postion
This week your baby weighs almost four pounds and could be up to 19 inches long. And though that’s a head-to-toe length, your baby is actually back to a curled-up position (you try standing up in those cramped quarters!). You’re likely feeling tapping and squirming instead of your baby’s signature [...]

Activity in the Womb – 31 Weeks Pregnant

Week 31 of Pregnancy: Activity in the Womb
As far as growth goes, your baby’s still on a roll, measuring an impressive 18 inches and weighing in at more than three pounds. You can still expect your baby to gain at least three to five pounds, possibly more, before you two meet.   Your baby’s brain [...]