37 Weeks Pregnant

 

You are now 37 weeks pregnant.

How your baby’s growing

This week, most of the downy coating of lanugo is shed and the vernix caseosa — the cheese-like coating that covers your baby in the womb and protects her developing skin — starts to disappear, though some may remain at birth. The baby swallows both, along with other secretions, and all will stay in her bowels until birth. This blackish mixture, called meconium, will become her first bowel movement. Read more information on your baby’s development this week
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