Your baby is growing rapidly now. This week he weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is getting bigger to accommodate his growing brain — which is busy developing billions of neurons. Every day, about 200 milligrams of calcium is deposited in your baby's skeleton, which is now hardening. With this rapid growth, it's no surprise that your baby's nutritional needs reach their peak during this trimester.
Although this blurb states the baby is 2.5 pounds, McKenna's ultrasound technician told her that the baby was 3 pounds. She also had a gestastional diabetes test where she had to drink a really sweet drink. 30 minutes later the baby was doing summersaults in her belly. Or in her words, "He's on CRACK!" The test turned out negative, thank goodness!
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