By this week, our babies weigh two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measure 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. She's also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world. This week the babies will even begin to go through REM sleep aka dreaming! Up until now if you were to look at your baby's brain during your pregnancy week by week it would appear smooth. By about 28 weeks pregnant however this changes, as the brain starts to mature and form grooves that we commonly associate with a human brain. Other impressive new talents being added to baby's roster in the womb include coughing, more intense sucking, and, perhaps most important, better breathing.
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