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Pregnancy - Month four

During pregnancy month four the placenta has taken over production of the hormones needed to sustain your baby throughout pregnancy. Now at month four your baby is also making some of its own insulin and bile. Your baby even urinates into the amniotic fluid in small amounts every 45 minutes or so. Now you've reached pregnancy month four your baby's heart pumps about 25 quarts of blood a day. This will increase to be about 300 quarts by the end of your pregnancy. All of the teeth have formed in the mouth of your baby by month four and you even have a scalp hair pattern! Your baby is about 3 ounces (85 grams) and 6.3 inches (16 cms) during pregnancy month four. The gender may be detectable by ultrasound. Though baby gender predictions at this point are much harder to rely on.

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