Your baby is the size of a Celery Bunch
Your baby measures approximately 19.6 inches (49.8 cm) long from head to heel (about the size of a leek). Your baby has really plumped up. At this point your baby weighs 6.5 to 7.0 pounds (2.9 to 3.2 kg).
She has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold her hand for the first time! Her organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb.
Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If she's born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If she's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time she's 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after she's born, but they usually won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)
Believe it or not, your baby may have taken its first bowel movement. The waste is a greenish-black substance called meconium and either passed in the womb or is stored in his or her intestines and will be excreted after birth.
Your baby is practicing breathing and urinating, and can use his or her fingers to grasp very tightly.
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