Your babys lungs will be developed enough that he/she would be able to breath air.Your babys brain is now developed enough that it can control rhythmic breathing,and so if your baby were to be born now, then he/she would be able to breathe onhis/her own. In fact – with each passing day your babys chances of surviving outsideof the womb increase dramatically.
You would be noticing a vast change now in your pregnancy week by week as your babywill be growing bigger and bigger quite quickly now. Because weight gain is so rapid now, babies that are born prematurely, even if only a few weeks, may be tiny and a lot smallerthan babies which go to the full term of your pregnancy.
Here are a couple of interesting factors about birth weight:
• Boys weigh more than girls
• Birth weight increases with the increasing number of pregnancies you have.
As your babys brain and senses develop he/she will become more and more sensitiveto light and dark, sound, taste and even your babys skin is becoming sensitive.By the end of this week your babys eyes will even be capable of moving inside theirsockets. Your baby will be practicing seeing.
Your Nutrition
You would no doubt have been listening to what you body has to say, and listeningfor any new discomforts,but are you listening to what your body is saying with regard to your nutrition?
Pregnancy Week 29
