CHAPTER 10

Week 29: Baby kicks and stretches

Twenty-nine weeks into your pregnancy, or 27 weeks after conception, your baby can kick, stretch, and make grasping movements.

Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (about the size of a) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain.

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