40 WEEKS PREGNANCY

BABY' GROWTH AND  DEVELOPMENT

HOW YOUR  BABY'S GROWING

After months of anticipation , your due date has been and gone ,  and...you're still pregnant. Its frustrating , but lots of women find themselves in this situation. Babies born between now and 42 weeks are still considered full-term , and you probably won't be offered an induction before 41 weeks  of pregnancy  . Rest assured your baby is quite cosy where she is Most of her fetal development is complete. but her hair may continue to get thicker and coarser, and her nails may grow more too . The average newborn measures about 51.2cm from head to heel, and at 3.5kg,weights the same as a small pumpkin . .Anywhere between 5.5lb and 8.8 lb is considered a normal birthweights .

All babies are born with two soft spots at the top of their head , where the skull hasn't finishes fusing. This allows your baby's skull bones to shift over each other during birth , helping to ease her way along the narrow birth canal. If your baby's born vaginally, particularly if you have an assisted delivery , her head may seem misshapen. This  is normal. Your baby's head  will return to a more rounded shape in the days following birth. However , the soft spots will take a year or more to fully close.

 Your baby has all the skills she needs to be ready to react and response to you after she's born. She'll a instinctively search for your nipple for a feed soon after birth and she'll close her fingers around an  object placed in her hand.

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