Your baby is still small, but it's proportions are set in place and will continue to grow until your baby is delivered.
The brain is now developed enough to control muscle actions and those kicks you are feeling are coordinated by your baby.
Your baby's ears are now proud of the sides of the head. Buds are in place for your baby's milk teeth, and behind them those for its permanent teeth are appearing. Your baby's limbs are now in relative proportion to the rest of its body.
Because of its importance, your baby's brain is one of the first organs to develop. Your baby's head is proportionally larger than the rest of its body throughout pregnancy. Now your baby's brain is growing millions of neuronsThe basic nerve cell of the body's nervous system. A neuron contains a nucleus within a cell body. They are classified according to direction in which they conduct impulses, and the number of processes they extend.
Sensory neurons transmit impulses to the spinal cord and brain. Motor neurons transmit impulses from the brain to the muscles and glandular tissue.
Neurons work according to electrochemical processes involving positively charged sodium and potassium ions and the changing electrical environment of the intracellular and extracellular fluid of the neuron itself.
Visit our comprehensive glossary for more pregnancy terms and definitions., continuing the connections that make your baby's movements consciously directed.
You will notice that you are gaining weight on your buttocks and hips as well as your abdomen. This extra weight as well as the weight of your growing baby will affect your posture. Good posture is important to minimize stress on your muscles and bones.
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