prenatal development

  • week 4

    week 4
    Right now your baby is an embryo the size of a poppy seed
  • week 8

    week 8
    In the embyo;s brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another
  • week 12

    week 12
    they baby will start to move but you will not be abel to feel it yet
  • week 16

    week 16
    the baby is 4 1/2 inches long and weighs 3 1/2 ounces
  • week 20

    week 20
    the baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now.around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel
  • week 24

    week 24
    the baby's lungs start to form
  • week 28

    week 28
    the third trimester begins and the baby can blink its eyes
  • week 32

    week 32
    the baby now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair.
  • week 34

    week 34
    the baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds and is almost 18 inches long.
  • week 36

    week 36
    the baby now weighs almost 6 pounds and is more than 18 1/2 inches long.
  • week 40

    week 40
    the skull bones are not yet fused with means that the skull is not hard yet this will allow the head of the baby to fit through the birth canal during labor