Baby’s Developments The foetus is about 13 cm long now (a little smaller than an average woman’s hand) and weighs about 140 g. The skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to hard bone and even the sweat glands are starting to develop. The foetus is…
Baby’s Developments The brain of the foetus is now assigning differentiated areas for the distinct functions such as taste, smell, vision, hearing and touch. The foetus measures about 15 cm and weighs about 240 g, and the arms and legs are now in proportion to…
Baby’s Developments You are now halfway through the pregnancy. The foetus measures about 16 cm and weighs approximately 312 g now. The length is measured as ‘crown to rump’ during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy since the legs are so curled up that it…
Baby’s Developments At this stage, the foetus starts to swallow a little bit of the amniotic fluid that is there to cushion it each day. This puts the taste buds to use as well. But still, almost all of the nourishment comes from the placenta.…
Baby’s Developments The foetus now measures about 24 cm head to toe and weighs about 450 g. Little tooth buds, as well as the pancreas (which produces many important hormones) are developing at this stage. The foetus also has a sense of touch now and…
Baby’s Development Up to now the skin of the foetus has hung in loose folds because there is not much fat. Fat depositing commenced in week 19 (17 weeks after conception) but it has been slow, starting from now it’ll happen rapidly. Right now the…
Baby’s Developments Your baby is almost a foot long now and weighs about 700 g. The lungs of the foetus are developing internally and have also started producing surfactant. Surfactant is a substance that stabilises the alveoli (small air sacs in the lungs) and prevents…
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 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…