Fetal development in pregnancy week 22
Congratulations! You’re now housing a human who weighs nearly a pound and measures nearly a foot in length!
Your wee babe's perfect little pancreas (a super-duper organ that
produces hormones and aids in digestion) is now making its own hormones
for your baby's body and brain!
If you were worried, you can finally stop that: your baby's future in
the circus as a world-famous tight-rope-walker is secure now that their
inner ear is developed to the point that they have their own sense of
balance.
Luckily for your little womb-explorer, this new balance promotes
physical dexterity, which has them actively feeling out their
surroundings where skin, body parts, and the resident umbilical cord are
the big sensory experiences.
Your sweet babe is sort of looking like an oversized red prune right
now as more and more skin (and therefore wrinkles) are showing up each
week.
Not to worry, all those wrinkles are just your baby's way of planning
ahead for the time when they’ll start piling on all of that
irresistible baby chub.
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