Week 30:
Today is the beginning of week 30. And I feel like this is the 'golden' week. I feel like I know this baby would be able to survive if she was born now or within the coming weeks. I still want her to wait another 8-10 weeks, but I feel less worried.
From AmericanBaby:
Your child is starting to fill out now and resemble a newborn. He's thin but growing quickly. The production of red blood cells has switched from the spleen to the bone marrow. Your baby's brain becomes increasingly wrinkled -- and sophisticated. The more grooves it has, the more it can do!
Length: 10.75 - 17 inches
Weight: ~3 pounds
Size: Loaf of bread
From BabyCenter:
Your baby's a bit more than 15 1/2 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds. A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and fills out your uterus. Her eyes open and close, she's able to distinguish between light and dark, and she can even follow a light source back and forth. Once she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have a visual acuity of only 20/400 — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. ("Normal" vision in adults is 20/20.)
Today is the beginning of week 30. And I feel like this is the 'golden' week. I feel like I know this baby would be able to survive if she was born now or within the coming weeks. I still want her to wait another 8-10 weeks, but I feel less worried.
From AmericanBaby:
Your child is starting to fill out now and resemble a newborn. He's thin but growing quickly. The production of red blood cells has switched from the spleen to the bone marrow. Your baby's brain becomes increasingly wrinkled -- and sophisticated. The more grooves it has, the more it can do!
Length: 10.75 - 17 inches
Weight: ~3 pounds
Size: Loaf of bread
From BabyCenter:
Your baby's a bit more than 15 1/2 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds. A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and fills out your uterus. Her eyes open and close, she's able to distinguish between light and dark, and she can even follow a light source back and forth. Once she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have a visual acuity of only 20/400 — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. ("Normal" vision in adults is 20/20.)
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