Pregnancy Weekly Guide
[Week 23 Baby] My skin is beginning to glow and turn pinkish-red like a carrot!
Arteries and veins are developing, turning the skin reddish.
But the skin will become less translucent and more peachy as your baby gains more weight.
Pulmonary surfactant helps the baby's breathing after birth.
The babies who are expected to be born prematurely may have to get steroid injections to help produce this pulmonary surfactant.
Your baby still needs to grow but is learning all the survival skills.