Baby developing inside you over the weeks and months Weeks,
Months and Trimesters Guides Week Thirty Nine: Very close now
|You are 39 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 37 weeks)| The average
baby weighs in at over seven pounds (3kg), but can be as much as
one or two pounds (1kg) heavier or lighter. It can vary with
each baby, and there is no cause for concern. Your pregnancy is
considered full term now (between 37 and 42 weeks is full-term).
At birth the umbilical cord will stop working when the child
takes his first breaths of air outside of uterus. The child's
breathing will trigger changes in the heart that will force all
blood to go through the lungs. Most Caucasian babies are born
with blue eyes and their true eye color may not reveal itself
for weeks or months. Most African and Asian babies usually have
dark grey or brown eyes at birth, their dark eyes becoming a
true brown or black after the first six months or year.
Multiracial children often turn out to have the most beautiful
colored eyes. Baby is restrict