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Week-by-Week Fetal Development Week 24 By this week your baby is fairly well developed in terms of most of his vital organs. All except his lungs. Were he to be delivered this week he would actually be able to survive outside the uterus for a couple of hours. But as his lungs have not matured completely he would not be able to breathe beyond a point. Even though he has grown quite well lengthwise, he is quite thin because no fat has been laid down until now. In fact his skin looks very wrinkled. Over the next seven days the sweat glands will be forming in the skin. The arm and leg muscles are developing well and little creases have appeared on his palms. The muscular coordination of his hands has improved as he sucks his thumb. What was that jerk you just felt? Well it could have been a hiccup or maybe even a cough. Do go slow on the ice cream. This week your baby measures thirteen
inches or 33cm. and weighs around one and a quarter pounds or 570g.
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