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- What's going on inside your
ever-expanding belly this week?
For one thing, your little boxer is
working up to fighting weight.
Sure, her body still looks
pretty thin and fragile,
especially with only a
translucent layer of skin
covering those blood vessels and bones,
and yes, she's only four to
five inches long and weighs
just three ounces, but your
little flyweight is starting
to gain some muscle mass.
Her back muscles are getting
stronger, enabling her
to straighten her head and neck even more.
Stronger muscles also allow
her to make some of her
very first facial expressions.
Is that a grin?
Talking about that
getting-more-adorable-by-the-day face,
your baby's eyes are facing fully forward
and framed by a fringe of
eyelashes and tiny eyebrows.
And, though her eyelids
are still sealed shut,
and will stay that way for
another ten weeks or so,
those tiny orbs will soon
be able to perceive light,
even though there's nothing to see.
It's always dark, after
all, in baby's hotel womb.
In other news, your little
one's ticker is pumping around
25 quarts of blood per day
through her growing body.
Now that sounds like a lot
of pumping action going on,
but it's only the beginning.
By the time your baby
is ready for her debut,
her heart will be pumping
1,900 quarts a day!
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