Week 24: What's happening this week

Our baby's growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last week. Since he's almost a foot long, that makes for a pretty lean figure (not that we would expect any different from our gene pool), but his body's filling out proportionally. Our baby's brain is growing rapidly, and his taste buds may be working now. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" and cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps the air sacs inflate easily. He can hear more now, and they say we may even notice him startle at loud, sudden noises. But he's probably getting used to the regular noises she hears around the house.

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