27 Weeks Pregnant
By Sarah on Mar 19, 2011 with Comments 0
By the time your pregnancy reach 27th week, your baby will now weigh around 1 kilogram. At this stage, your baby is more probably resting in the uterus in a bottom-down position or in transverse position in the womb. However, he can anytime shift to head-down position from now onwards to prepare himself for the birth. He may turn his position by the end of the pregnancy period.
Development in 27th Week Pregnancy
The development of the baby still continues as his muscles, bones, and other organs are constantly growing and strengthening with every passing day. At this stage, the birth of your baby concludes that he has 85% chance to live on. But he has to live under high medical care with ventilators and incubators as his lungs are not yet capable of breathing or keeping your baby warm. Also, his immune system as this stage is also not as strong to hold the infections back.
Appearance in 27th Week Pregnancy
At this stage, the eyelids of your baby are now open and he can now blink as well. Except being leaner and smaller, he looks pretty much like a proper baby.
Movement in 27th Week Pregnancy
It is a matter of common observation that the sleep-wake periods of yours and your baby’s are not coincided with each other. When you sleep, your baby awakes, and when he awakes you sleep. It has been seen that your daytime activities and movements work as a lulls for your baby and when you are still in the night time, he wakes up and carries out his stretching and moving to strengthen his muscles.
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