Health & Pregnancy

Twins Development 3rd Trimester Highlights

At last your twins are ready for birth. Over the past three months, they've gained fat, muscle tone, and mature lungs. They're ready to kick, to cry, to smile, and to grasp your finger in their tiny fists! At the end of this trimester, your twins have:

• Muscle tone from moving all about.
• Eyelids that open -- complete with eyelashes. 
• Toenails. 
• Sweet smiles.
• The ability to kick, grasp, and stretch.
• Eyes that open and close and respond to changes in light.
• Possibly, full heads of hair. 
• Fully formed hearts, brains, and nearly all other organs and body systems.
• Testes that have descended into a baby boy's scrotum.
• Fingernails that reach to the end of the babies' fingers.
• About 16% body fat.
• Pink, smooth skin and chubby legs.
• Bones and muscles ready for the outside world.
• Lungs ready to breathe and cry.