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Week-by-Week Fetal Development Week 36 Is this your first baby? If so, 'lightening' may have occurred or will do so in the next few weeks. This means that the baby will drop into the pelvis in the head downward position. But if this is a subsequent pregnancy, then lightening will take place just before the onset of labour. By now most of the baby's organs have matured and he has a 90% chance of survival were he to be born this week. All that is left to mature are the lungs. If your baby is a boy, the testicles should have also descended by now. The baby's skin has grown soft and smooth and he has become a good deal plumper. In fact he will grow at a rate of one ounce or 28g per day for the next four weeks or until he is born. This week he measures about eighteen inches or 46cm. and weighs five and a half pounds or 2.5kg. To add your views on this article or read others comments Click Here
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