Weight: approx. 390 g
Length: approx. 23 cm
At this stage: Eyelashes, eyebrows and nails grow. Milk appears in your breasts.
Medicine has it however, that 22nd week is the last week of pregnancy, when premature birth is treated as a miscarriage. From 23rd week we talk about a preterm birth. Callous, isn't it? We can't help it. Medical terminology is devoid of any emotions. In 22nd week the skin becomes less transparent, and therefore all blood vessels are not so well visible. Philtrum, characteristic for all humans forms between nose and upper lip. Liver starts its regular function and produces bilirubin, which is the product of degradation of hemoglobin from erythrocytes. Some amount of bilirubin is handed over to mother’s liver as the baby’s liver performance is still too low.
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