Week Twenty Nine: Movement is more forceful

My wife is now 29 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 27 weeks). Here's what is going on this week. Peanut now weighs about 2 and a half pounds (1150gm) and is about 15 inches (38.5cm) long from head to heel. Brain is busy developing billions of neurons. Peanuts muscles and lungs are continuing to mature. He can taste and respond to pain. The milk teeth have developed under the gums. Peanuts head is growing bigger to accommodate the brain, which is busy developing billions of neurons. The eyes can move in their sockets. They may be able to follow a blinking light. As well as his increasing sensitivity to changes in light, he may also be able to taste. Various studies show that a baby may indicate preferences or dislike for particular tastes at this stage. Peanut is also moving from side to side, but probably still is in the head up position. In the next few weeks, he will move to the head down birthing position. At times my wife may feel as if peanut is performing somersaults for an Olympic gold medal. He may be performing fewer movements because living conditions in the womb are becoming more cramped. But I don't think that is the case, because he is still super active. Peanut is still doing a lot of kicking and stretching. Some of peanuts kicks and punches may even take my wife's breath away. We still think we have a ninja on our hands. Peanut hears things better from the vibrations all around, and can now distinguish real sounds and voices. Experts say that we shouldn't forget to continue to 'teach' him in the womb by exposing him to music, literature, and simply talking to him. At this stage his eyes are almost always blue and can distinguish bright sunlight or artificial light through the uterine wall.