Pregnancy pictures week by week: Week 23
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Your baby
Baby's fingernails are almost fully formed and baby's first poo, known as the meconium, is developing.
The bones in the middle ears have begun to harden and baby weighs around 510g (1lb 2oz) and is the length of a butternut squash (around 20cm).
You
You might be feeling Braxton Hicks at the moment - these are basically fake contractions. Don't worry - your baby is totally unaffected by them.
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