Some websites describe this week as the size of an heirloom tomato but the most common answer is a mango.
Baby this week: Vernix caseosa, a greasy white substance made of lanugo, oil and dead skin cells (yuck), now coat's babys skin, shielding it from amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine month bath, and the need for protection makes sense). You might actually get to see the vernix at birth especially if the baby is premature.
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