Aug 01 – Aug 07
20 weeks: Your baby
is about the size of a banana
Your burgeoning baby
now measures about 6 1/2 inches from head to bottom or 10 inches from head to
heel, and weighs roughly 10 1/2 ounces.
You may wonder why
you're seeing two length measurements this week. Until 20 weeks of pregnancy,
babies are measured from the top of their head to their "rump."
That's because their legs are curled up against their torso during the first
half of pregnancy, so they're hard to measure.
Starting next week, you'll see
only the head-to-heel measurement.
Editors' note: As much time as we spent
at the farmer's market and on the USDA site, it wasn't easy to find the perfect
produce for every week of development. The banana is just an approximation of
length.
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