Your Baby is the Size of a lettuce

Fetal skull and bones

When you're 36 weeks pregnant, your baby's skull bones are not fused together yet, so the head can easily (well, relatively easily) maneuver through the birth canal.

Your baby's skull isn't the only soft structure in her little body. Most of her bones and cartilage are quite soft as well, allowing for an easier journey into the world during delivery. But don't worry — they'll harden over the first few years of her life.

Baby’s digestion still needs to catch up

By now, many of your baby's systems are pretty mature, at least in baby terms, and just about ready for life on the outside. Blood circulation, for instance, has been perfected, and your baby's immune system has developed enough to protect your little one from infections outside the womb.

Others, however, still need a few finishing touches. Once such notable example: digestion — which actually won't be fully mature until sometime after birth.

Why? Inside her little gestational cocoon, your baby has relied on the umbilical cord for nutrition, meaning that the digestive system, though developed, hasn't been operational. It will take the first year or two to bring it up to speed.

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