Week 24 – hoe lyk baba nou en wat gebeur daar binne

  • From crown to rump your baby measures at 8½ inches, and weighs about 1 lb 6 oz. Fetus is now the size of a banana. (is dit nou sy lyf or sy man hood)
  • All of the main organs are working, except for the lungs which baby will not use until after birth.
  • Your baby is becoming much more aware of his surroundings and sounds and movement outside the uterus.
  • The main aim now is to fine-tune his systems and lay down more fat.
  • Your baby’s unique hand and foot prints are forming.
  • Baby’s heart rate has dropped to about 140-150 beats a minute.
  • The meconium of baby’s first stool is starting to form in the bowel.
  • Within the lungs small air sacs or alveoli are forming.
  • Sweat glands are forming in baby’s skin.
  • Baby is now able to cough and hiccup.
  • Baby’s skin is no more translucent but reddish in color.
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