Fetal Development By Week: 19 Weeks Pregnant

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iVillage Staff on Apr 27, 2010 at 4:33PM

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Fetal Development By Week: 19 Weeks Pregnant

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Fetal Development Week 19: See Your Baby Grow


On this close-up, you can see a fine layer of downy hair covering baby’s skin. It’s called lanugo and it’s there to help insulate and protect the skin from all the fluid your baby’s floating around in. It usually goes away around week 26.

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