Your Baby's Development
Your baby already weighs about 5 pounds, 10 ounces (2550 grams), but this week begins your baby's most rapid period of weight gain - about one half to three quarters of a pound each week! Fat is being deposited all over your baby's body, especially around the shoulders.

Because of your baby's increasing size, he or she is now cramped and restricted inside the uterus - so fetal movements may decrease, but they may be stronger and more forceful. Your baby's head, if he or she is in a head-first position, is also resting on your pubic bone in preparation for labor.

Your Body
In a way, you may feel as if you have already bonded with the baby growing inside of you, but that bond will only grow stronger once he or she arrives. Bonding - the intense attachment that develops between you and your baby - often occurs in the minutes and days after birth, but it may also develop over time. Bonding not only makes you want to protect your baby and shower him or her with affection, but it also fosters your baby's sense of security in the world outside your womb