Week 33 (development)

As of this week peanut is now 33 weeks along. Leaving roughly 48 days left until he is here. According to my book that I like to refer to, it says that he is about 11 1/2 inches and weighs about 4 1/2 pounds. He will gain about 8 ounces every week. At this point peanut should be moving into the head-down position. Within the next 6 weeks he may descend into the pelvis. This causes him to press into my wife's cervix. This position not only prepares him, but allows blood to flow to his developing brain. During this week peanut will be in the process of receiving antibodies. If he were born right now, extra care would have to be taken to keep him in a sterile environment. Only because his immune system would still be immature.