May 19, 2005 22:16
Your baby is more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound. His skin is red and wrinkled. Blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare him for breathing. He can swallow, but he normally won't pass his first stool (called meconium) until after birth. Loud noises heard often in utero - such as your dog barking or the roar of a vacuum cleaner - probably won't faze your baby when he hears them outside the womb.
The loud noises thing kinda bothers me, because that means she can hear everything..and sometimes I scream so loud at my kids at work I think I am going to give her a little heart attack. I reckon that means she will be totally used to screaming when she comes out.