17 st week of pregnancy: the production of vernix

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At this stage of the pregnancy, growth slows down a little in favour of consolidation in order to consolidate all the previously developed nerve connections. The skin of the unborn baby begins to be covered with a greyish fatty layer, the vernix caseosa, which helps to protect it from irritation due to the amniotic fluid during pregnancy, and from cold and infection at the time of birth.