We are powering through!
Our little one is growing steadily, almost a foot long! We had our scan today (more about that in our next post) and we found out that at our 20 week scan, baby weighed about 345g...in the space of four weeks, they've grown to 743g which is great news. The body is filling out proportionally and will soon start to plump up. The brain is also growing quickly now, and taste buds are continuing to develop - in fact, babies now apparently develop a sweet tooth from now on. The lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help the air sacs inflate once our little one hits the outside world. Although the skin is still thin and translucent, that will start to change soon. Even more of a minature newborn and even closer to arriving! (Not too soon though!)
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