Key facts about your baby
- Your baby has now grown to about the size of a lime and measures close to 4 cm and weighs about 7 grams. From this point on, your baby’s growth will be rapid and should double in size over the next three weeks.
- Most importantly, your baby has passed the stage of the likelihood of a miscarriage, so the risk is less.
- The webbing between fingers and toes is disappearing and tiny nails are beginning to develop.
- Your baby’s stomach is already producing digestive juices and the kidneys are producing urine.
- Hair follicles on the skin are starting to form, and the fingernails have become visible.
- Bones are beginning to become harder and the sex organs are still developing.
What’s happening with you
- You might be one of the lucky ones who is finding some relief in morning sickness as many of the early symptoms of pregnancy start to calm down around this time.
- The uterus has grown to the size of a grapefruit and can be felt easily by touch
- Bleeding gums and nose bleeds are very common in pregnancy due to an increased blood flow
