This month continues to be a period of rapid growth for your baby.  At 24 weeks, he can suck his thumb and hiccup, and his brain is developing rapidly. Fatty sheaths which transmit electrical impulses along nerves are forming.

If your baby is a girl, she will develop eggs in her ovaries during the month. Bones are becoming solid, and your baby is almost fully formed.  At her growth level, she cannot usually live outside the uterus without specialized care.

By the end of the sixth month, your baby will have grown to be 11 to 14 inches long and will weigh about one to one and one-half pounds.  Please continue to pray for this special child of God.