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Weekly Pregnancy Guide - Week 39
 
Baby
Mother
•
Weight: 7.06 lbs 3204g
Length (CHL): 19.02" 48.3cm
Heart rate : 132 bpm
• Your baby can barely move now!
• Most of the vernix (white substance), as well as the lanugo (fine hair) have disappeared.
• The umbilical cord is about 20 inches long and half an inch thick, and may be knotted or wrapped around your baby.
• Your baby's lung will continue to develop until birth. They are still manufacturing surfactant which helps to keep the air sacs open.
• Elective cesareans are usually performed this week.
• Your uterus now sits about 6 to 8 inches (around 16 to 20 cm) above your bellybutton. Most women don't grow much more in the last few weeks of the pregnancy.
• Your baby is 38 weeks old this week and most elective cesareans are performed around now.
• The rupture of your amniotic sac (water breaking) usually happens any day now. Although most women experience a large gush of water followed by a continuous leakage of fluid, some women merely feel a steady trickle.

 

Week 39 Fetus Picture(s):week 4 embryo blastocyst

Week 39 pregnant belly picture:

week 2 - pregnant belly

 
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