If your baby were to be born right now she would be considered mature, or that she has reached its full development. Your baby keeps breathing amniotic fluid to practice the breathing motion, which will enable her lungs to finish maturing if she isn’t ready to be born yet.

She now has a well-established sleep cycle and when she is awake she plays with her umbilical cord and grabbing at it might be one of her favorite games. Her grabbing ability will be proven as soon as it is born when she grabs your finger or any object placed on her palm.

The baby keeps gaining weight every day and as a result the walls of your uterus are stretching out. This means that light filters through more easily and your baby can see you.

The average weight this week is a bit over 6 pounds and half or almost 2,900 and she measures 19 inches or 48.5 centimeters.