This month continues to be a period of rapid growth.  At 24 weeks, your baby can suck his thumb and hiccup.  Your baby's brain is developing rapidly.  Fatty sheaths which transmit electrical impulses along nerves are forming.  Baby girls will develop eggs in their ovaries during this month.  Bones are becoming solid.  Your baby is almost fully formed and looks like a miniature human.  However, because the lungs are not well developed and the baby is still very small, a baby cannot usually live outside the uterus at this stage without highly specialized care.  By the end of the sixth month, your baby will be around 11 to 14 inches long and will weigh about 1 to 1.6 pounds.  Please continue to pray for this special child of God.