Fetal development

Fetal Development Timeline

By abbyy_s
  • Hour 12

    Hour 12

    Fertilization
  • Hour 50

    Hour 50

    Morula formed
  • Hatching

    Hatching

  • Hour 12

    Hour 12

    Pronuclei join together
  • Fertilized Egg

    Begins to exist when sperm joins with an egg and meiosis is completed to form the ovum
  • Zygote Stage Begins

    Pronuclei join together
  • Hours 30-36

    Hours 30-36

    First round of mitosis (cleavage)
  • Hour 40

    Hour 40

    Second Round of Mitosis
  • Hour 50

    Hour 50

    Third Round of Mitosis
  • Embryo Stage Begins

    Occurs when the third round of mitosis happens, forming the morula
  • Day 21

    Day 21

    Heart begins to beat
  • Day 6

    Day 6

    64 cell embyro called blastocyst
  • Fetal Stage Begins

    Occurs when a blastocyst forms and outer cells become to placenta
  • Day 10

    Day 10

    Implantation
  • Day 12

    Day 12

    Disk with streak on the underside forms mesoderm
  • week 4

    week 4

    ectopic pregnancy can occur
  • Week 2

    HCG begins to be secreted
  • Day 15

    First missed period
  • Day 35

    Day 35

    Face plates forming
  • Week 6

    Week 6

    neural tube forms
  • Week 6

    Week 6

    Muscles form, bent neck, webbed hands and feet, segmented back
  • Week 7

    Week 7

    Cleft lip or palate may occur
  • Week 7

    Week 7

    Fingers and toes separate, eyes and ears formed
  • Day 50

    Day 50

    Genitalia begins to differentiate, eyelids fuse, amnion surrounds fetus
  • Week 9

    Week 9

    Chorionic villi sampling could be performed
  • Week 14

    Week 14

    Amniocentesis could be performed
  • 7 months

    7 months

    Eyes, open, fat added under skin, head out of proportion to the body