Baby’s Developments The foetus measures approximately 3 cm and weighs 4 g. Fingers and toes are fully developed and the nervous and digestive systems are starting to develop. The foetus even has fingernails and hair at this stage and can make small uncoordinated movements. Although…
Baby’s Developments The eyes, nose and ears of the foetus are recognisable. The bones and muscles also can be seen since the skin is still so thin that it is almost transparent. The foetus is now moving about, but it is too small for you…
Baby’s Developments Your baby, who is now known as a foetus rather than an embryo, is about 1.6 cm long and all the organs are developing. Therefore this is a very crucial time. The heartbeat is now more regular and the baby’s brain and veins…
Baby’s Developments Your baby is about 1.25 cm long now and the eye lenses and the liver are developing. The four buds are now arms and legs but the fingers and toes haven’t developed yet. The elbows start to form during this week as well…
Baby’s Developments The embryo is about 4-5 mm long. The heart is present but it is not yet fully formed, and it beats about 150 bpm (beats per minute). The arms and legs are ready to develop and are now shown as four tiny buds.…
Baby Developments The embryo is growing very fast at this point and all the major organs (such as the heart, brain, spinal cord and the gastrointestinal tract) start developing. It would be about 2 mm long, the size of a pin head, and could actually…
Baby Developments By the second week after conceiving (but fourth official week of your pregnancy), the embryo would usually contain about 150 cells, made up of 3 layers, which would develop separately. These layers are Ectoderm: this is the outermost layer and it goes on…
Baby’s Developments One egg is released into the fallopian tube. It is in this tube that the egg gets fertilised by a sperm. Although approximately 300 million sperm are released in one go, only one will fertilise your egg. Upon fertilisation, the total genetic makeup…
Baby’s Developments Unlike sperm which is newly produced throughout a man’s life, a woman is actually born with all her eggs in her 2 ovaries. From the time she hits puberty one egg per month ripens and is released. So now, once your period draws…
