- By week 19, baby is around 10 inches in length and weighs about eight and half ounces.
- Baby's learns to poop. It's not called poop though. It's called Meconium so mothers don't freak out.
- Baby is covered in sludge. It's not called sludge though. It's called Vernix so mothers don't freak out.
- Baby starts to drink amniotic fluid and practicing how to break my grocery budget.
- Baby's ovaries start making eggs, which hopefully won't get fertilized until she's 30.
- Baby's senses start to take in input: taste, smell, vision, hearing and touch.
- Baby will start to learn the voices of Mommy, Daddy, Family and Wu-Tang clan.
- Baby starts to grow hair to give Mommy heart burn.
- Baby has functioning kidneys and is peeing in there. *cringes*
Here is a picture of a baby born premature at 19 weeks.
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| 19 week preemie |
145 days to go!
6 weeks to extra-uterine viability.
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