The fetus now weighs about 1.4kg. Baby is getting fatter and beginning to control its own body temperature. Baby continues to put on fat stores and the major weight gains will occur in the coming weeks. The baby’s head is getting bigger and brain growth is very rapid at this time. Eyebrows and eyelashes are fully developed, and hair on the head is getting thicker. Head and body are now proportioned like a newborn.
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This is how your scan will look like on 30 weeks:
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