17 Weeks 09/20/2009
 
How your baby's growing:Your baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — his lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Your baby weighs 5 ounces now (about as much as a turnip), and he's around 5 inches long from head to bottom. He can move his joints, and his sweat glands are starting to develop.

See what your baby looks like this week.
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Baby at 17 Weeks
 


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