What are the changes that occur in the fetus during pregnancy week 24?
This is another big week for your magical growing baby. • By the end of this week, your baby is about the size of 14 inches long and weighs about 2 lbs. • Now your little baby has fully developed ears, fingernails, and testicles. • Rapid eye movement is already begun. • The baby’s environment will become more crowded because he/she grows in the size and fills up the space inside the uterus. As the weeks go on, the space gets even tighter. • By this point, your baby’s skin is wrinkled. When fat deposition and muscle development take place, the skin begins to look smoother. • During pregnancy week 24, the baby’s organs continue to mature similar to the digestive system, central nervous system and even circulatory and reproductive systems. • During this week, your baby’s lungs start to develop little branches and they start to produce a substance called surfactant. • After this week, the amniotic fluid surrounding your baby start to increase in volume and this process will go on until the
