26 weeks

From "What to Expect...."

Next time you're browsing thru the meat department, pick up a 2-pound chuck roast just so you can get a sense of how big your baby is this week. (I don't really like that analogy -- I can think of a few things that sound better than a chuck roast baby.) Your baby now weighs about 2 lbs and measures in at 9-plus inches long. Another momentous development: your baby's eyes are beginning to open. The eyelids have been fused for the past few months so that the retina could develop. The colored part of the eye (the iris) still doesn't have much pigmentation, so it's too early to start guessing baby's eye color. Still, she is now able to see -- though there's not much to see in the dark confines of her uterine home. But with the heightened sense of sight and hearing that she now possesses, you may notice an increase in activity when your baby sees a bright light or hears a loud noise. In fact, if a loud vibrating noise is brought close to your belly, she will respond by blinking and startling.