Fetal Development By Week: 21 Weeks Pregnant

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Fetal Development By Week: 21 Weeks Pregnant

Fetal Development Week 21: See Your Baby Grow

This illustration shows just how human baby is starting to look. In fact, research suggests that if we examined baby’s knee joints at this point they wouldn’t look all that different from our adult knees. It may feel like there’s a gym class going on in your expanding belly. That’s because baby has even more amniotic fluid to splash around in and also has the muscle strength and coordination to spin, turn and somersault.

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