The Baby’s Development – Week 29

December 20th, 2006
  • His growth in height or length will be slower from this point on, but he will continue to gain weight.
  • His skin still looks red and wrinkled, but as he accumulates more fat, his skin will become increasingly flesh colored and smooth.
  • Lanugo, the fine hair covering his body since the fifth month of pregnancy, is beginning to disappear.
  • Sometime between now and birth, his testes will have completely descended.

Source: Valley Medical Center, Weekly Parenting Email

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