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Fetal cardiac activity is more regularīaby's heart is now regulated by the brain, so no more random beats, and is churning out 140 to 150 beats per minute - about twice as fast as yours. Here's some proof that your baby is truly one of a kind - as if you needed any! Within the next week or so, the pads on your baby's fingertips and toes will become adorned with completely individual swirls and creases, aka fingerprints. In fact, most of the survival reflexes your baby will have at birth are being perfected in utero right now. Since practice makes perfect, your baby is sharpening his sucking and swallowing skills in preparation for that first and second…and third suckle at your breast or the bottle. Body fat (baby's, that is) is beginning to form and will continue to accumulate through the end of your pregnancy - join the club, baby! Baby's practicing sucking and swallowing My, how your baby has grown! Your little one weighs about 5 or more ounces and is the size of your palm, or around 5 inches long.
Only 5 months left to go! Still have questions? Here's some more information on how weeks, months and trimesters are broken down in pregnancy.
If you're 17 weeks pregnant, you're in month 4 of your pregnancy.
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