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week 7
Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tinyhttp://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-7-weeks_1096.bc -
week 10
Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-10-weeks_1099.bc -
week 14
Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine.http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-14-weeks_1103.bc -
week 12
The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-12-weeks_1101.bc -
week 19
Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces, and he measures 6 inches, head to bottom about the size of a large heirloom tomato. His arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of his body now. His kidneys continue to make urine, and the hair on his scalp is sprouting. http://www.babycenter.com/303_19-weeks_1615704.bc -
week24
Your baby's growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last week, when she was just over a pound. Since she's almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), that makes a pretty lean figurehttp://www.babycenter.com/303_24-weeks_1615766.bc -
week27
This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers.http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-27-weeks_1096.bc -
week 30
Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keenhttp://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-30-weeks_1119.bc -
week 30
Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-30-weeks_1119.bc -
week 34
Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system.http://www.babycenter.com/303_34-weeks_1615767.bc -
week 40
It's hard to say for sure how big your baby will be, but the average newborn weighs about 7 1/2 pounds (a small pumpkin) and is about 20 inches long. His skull bones are not yet fused, which allows them to overlap a bit if it's a snug fit through the birth canal during labor. This so-called "molding" is the reason your baby's noggin may look a little conehead-ish after birth.http://www.babycenter.com/303_40-weeks_1615722.bc
