Baby’s age: 17 weeks

December 19, 2008 0 Comments

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Your baby keeps moving nonstop, but now he has grown so much that, it's very likely his limbs will brush against the walls of your uterus. For this reason, these weeks are the ones in which you will feel the baby’s first movements.

Your baby keeps moving nonstop, but now he has grown so much that, it's very likely his limbs will brush against the walls of your uterus. For this reason, these weeks are the ones in which you will feel the baby’s first movements. Your baby now spends part of his time sleeping and part of the time awake, as he will do once he is born. Further on, when his movements are more noticeable, you will be able to know when he is sleeping and when he is awake practicing its movements (generally it will wake up when you go to sleep).

During these weeks the internal structure of his genitals is becoming fully developed. In addition, he urinates regularly inside the amniotic fluid. Although he later swallows this liquid, he is in a completely sterilized environment so there is no danger of infection.

The teeth that had started to develop in the first weeks are already fully formed and he will now start to develop its permanent tooth buds. You now can clearly see the beginning of hair growth on his head.

Your baby measures now about six inches or 15 centimeters and weighs eight ounces and a half or almost a quarter of a kilogram (250 grams).

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