Your Baby is the Size of a Rhubarb

Baby's preparing for birth

At 38 weeks pregnant, all systems are almost go! As you prepare for baby's ETA, she's getting ready too, big-time, and continues to shed vernix and lanugo.

Your baby is also swallowing amniotic fluid, some of which winds up in her intestines, where it — along with other shed cells, bile, and waste products — will turn into your baby's first bowel movement (meconium) and perhaps your first diaper change.

Her lungs are still maturing and producing more and more surfactant, a substance that prevents the air sacs in the lungs from sticking to each other once she starts to breathe.

Most other changes this week are small but important: She's continuing to add fat and fine-tune her brain and nervous system — that way, she can deal with all the stimulation that awaits her once she makes her entrance into the world.

The Mutlu Anne app is with you every step of the way on your pregnancy journey.

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