LBN2 is 10.5-to-11.8-inches and weighs about 12.7 to 20.8 ounces. Every week he gets closer and closer to being ready to survive (and thrive!) in the outside world. Since he's almost a foot long, he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. LBN's brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.
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