Week 23
About the size ofa pak choi
Breathing exercises! Your baby is now 30.5 cm and 500 grams.
Your little one keeps growing well and has now reached a weight of 500 grams. All the organs are now fully developed and your baby can do more every day. For example, your baby can grip the umbilical cord firmly, hear sounds and will even try to breathe. Not air, but amniotic fluid is breathed in and out of the lungs. This way the baby is already practising for later, because the lungs are the only organs that are not yet mature enough. The baby also trains its muscles by moving a lot. Fortunately the umbilical cord is long enough to give plenty of room for this.