CHAPTER 21

Week 32: Baby practices breathing

Thirty-two weeks into your pregnancy, or 30 weeks after conception, your baby's toenails are visible.

The layer of soft, downy hair that has covered your baby's skin for the past few months starts to fall off this week.

By now your baby might be 11 inches long from crown to rump and weigh 3 3/4 pounds.

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“Look,” Elliot ran a hand over his face in exasperation, “All I’m saying is that you might want to reconsider...