Baby can hear your voice
Your baby now looks like a newborn and the brain, heart, lungs, and digestive tract are fully formed. The bones and muscles continue to strengthen day by day [1].
Your baby spends most of the time in REM sleep with their eyes quickly moving and their brain actively working [2].
At this point in the pregnancy, your baby can can taste, smell and hear [3]. Loud music excites them and they can push and kick in response. Some of these movements can even startle you!
Your baby continues to swallow amniotic fluid and urinate into it. Sometimes you will feel when they get the hiccups [4].
If you are expecting twins
Your babies are very active, and space is getting tighter, so you can easily feel how they’re trying to get comfortable in there. Their lungs are starting to produce surfactant –a liquid that protects their respiratory tract. This is part of the process that will help them adapt to breathing outside the uterus [5].
What can be seen on the ultrasound
Here, you can see the baby’s profile. They are resting with the back of the head and foot against the walls of the uterus. On the left of the photo, you can see the eyes, nose, lips, and chin. The dark area in the chest is the heart.
