Baby's Development at 25 Weeks

Yahooo! Another week has passed and here I am still growing and growing until that day Mom delivers me. I'm getting more and more excited by the minute, wondering how it will be like out of this watery and less spacious place and be in the "real" world. I'm also thinking how my Daddy and Mommy look like. I guess, they're both beautiful and handsome. And how about my sisters? Will I look like a little Ate Gaby at that? Hmmm. This is really exciting!

So what's up with me at 25 weeks? I'm still doing my usual somersaults here inside Mommy's tummy. And as I've mentioned earlier, I'm now in a transverse position, so I need to move a little bit more until my head comes first. As for Mommy, well she's doing great. Although Daddy has been quite an annoyance for her during the past days, to the extent that she experienced another episode of vaginal bleeding, she's now doing okay and is back to her usual self. The result of the ultrasound made her feel better actually.

Anyway, without further ado, allow me to walk you through baby's development at 25 weeks. Here is the little info that I got:

* The unborn child is 34 cm in length and weighs almost 690 grams.
* Baby is around 13.5 inches in length and weighs 1 and half pounds.
* Bones are becoming solid, hands are now fully developed.
* The brain is growing rapidly, the brain cells are starting to mature.
* The sexual organs are fully developed.

Baby is now pretty well built portion wise even though it still has little body fat and its skin is thin. The structures of the spine begin to form -- All 33 rings, 150 joints and 1000 ligaments. The tiny brain is growing rapidly, and the baby is starting to fill the space in your uterus. The uterus is now about the size of a soccer ball and mom looks pregnant.

Your baby's hands are now fully developed, although some of the nerve connections to the hands have a long way to go. Dexterity is improving. Your baby can make a fist and clasp objects placed in palm. Exploring the structures inside your uterus may have become baby's prime entertainment. Fascinated by the amount of tactile stimulation a fetus gives itself; it touches a hand to the face, one hand to the other hand, clasps its feet, touches its foot to its leg, its hand to its umbilical cord. Twins will explore each other and begin their bonding.

Blood vessels of the lungs develop. Your baby's nostrils begin to open. The nerves around the mouth and lip area are showing more sensitivity now. Their swallowing reflexes are developing. Baby can hear sounds outside the womb and the brain cells are starting to mature also. Already it can learn and remember and can recognise its mother and fathers voice.

Babies at 25 weeks of pregnancy stand a 50% chance of survival.

Source: www.baby2see.com

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