Heres an update for all you anti-life advocates: How your babys growing at 14 weeks: This weeks big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process hell keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if youre having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb. In other news: Your babys stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His bodys growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length thats in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) Hes starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your babys liver starts making bile this week — a sign that its doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you cant feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilists hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active. Note: Every baby develops a little differently — even in the womb. Our information is designed to give you a general idea of your babys development
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:05:59 +0000
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