Your Baby In Week 17
The only thing that is permanent as of now is growth. And this is just like the previous week is a time when your baby just continue to grow and all its organ are developing. It has added a few inches now and could be around 5.0 inches or there about and weighs close to 4.9 ounces. So even though it is still tiny it is growing at a good speed. It is all curled up and if you were to measure it otherwise it would come to a something of 13 cm. And the placenta is also in turn growing to accommodate your baby. The placenta nourishes the fetus with nutrients and removes wastes. The placenta is an important part as it now contains thousand of blood vessels that bring nutrients and oxygen from your body to the baby growing body. Hence, the importance of placenta cannot be more defined. And now the need is for baby to continue in a similar fashion of growth as it is undergoing a very important stage where all the organs are getting developed and this is something that is going to be of optimum importance for the future life of the baby.