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Week-by-Week Fetal Development Week 20 Your baby might seem a little hyperactive as his muscles become stronger and more developed and he floats about trying to flex them. To you these movements may appear as bouncing bubbles in your stomach or light and kind of ticklish flutters. This week will see the beginning of the formation of a greasy white substance that protects your baby's tender skin in the womb. This protective covering is known as 'vernix'. There are also a few other protective substances that guard your baby against diseases in the first few weeks after birth. These are now being transferred to the baby through your bloodstream. This week, you are exactly half way
through your pregnancy and your baby is exactly half the size that you
can expect at birth. He has grown quite fast and measures about ten inches
or 25.5cm. and weighs around twelve ounces. That is 340g. From now on it
is quite likely that the growth rate will slow down over the next couple
of weeks.
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