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Last day of menstrual cycle
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Fertilization
during the three- to four-day trip from your Fallopian tube to your utrerus, the fertilized egg (Zygote) will divide into 16 identical cells. Once it enters the uterus, the zygote is called a Morula. -
The First Trimester
It starts at Fertilization and ends on week 13. -
Implantation
implantation the adherence of a fertilized egg to a surface in the reproductive tract, usually to the uterine wall so that the egg may have a suitable environment for growth and development into a new offspring. -
Ovulation happens
At the beginnig of this week (often around day 14 of a 28-day cycle), you ovulate. -
Size after month one
Right now the baby is an embryo the size of a poppy seed. -
Size of baby after month 2
Your baby is the size of a kidney bean. -
Developement of Organs
Vital organs- including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver are in place and strting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy. -
Development of senses begins
Just before the eighth week of gestation, an embryo develops its first sensitivity to touch. The first parts of its body to experience sensitivity are the ones that are the most sensitive in adults. It starts in the cheek and then quickly extends to the genital area (10 weeks), palms (11 weeks), and soles of the feet (12 weeks). By 17 weeks, the abdomen and buttocks are also sensitive. Your baby may experiment with this newfound sense of touch by stroking his or her face or sucking on a thumb. -
Baby face
Your baby, just over 1 1/2 inches long and about the size of a fig, is now almost fully formed. her hands will soon open and close into fists, tiny tooth buds are beginning to harden. -
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. Although you won't be able to feel it, his intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdomial cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder. Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapse are forming furiously. -
When you can tell the sex
Moms and dads these days are able to find out a baby’s gender with ultrasound months before delivery. This is most commonly done between the 18th and 26th weeks of the pregnancy, but some newer ultrasound technology can determine the baby’s gender as early as 12 or 13 weeks. -
Size of Baby after Month 3
The baby is just over 2 inches long about the size of a lime, and weighs about half an ounce. -
Size of baby after Month 4
Right now, the baby is about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long and 3 1/2 ounces. -
The Second Trimester
Starts on week 14 and ends on week 27. -
Size of baby after Month 5
Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel- the length of a banana. -
Development of Lanugo and Vernix
It is the first hair to be produced by the fetal hair follicles, and it usually appears on the fetus at about 5 months of gestation. It is normally shed before birth, around 7 or 8 month.Is the waxy or cheese-like white substance found coating the skin of newborn human babies. -
Size of Baby after Month 6
Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces, which puts him at just over a pound. He is almost a foot long, like and ear of corn. -
Size of Baby after month 7
The baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a chinese cabage) and measures 14.8 inches from head to heels. -
The Third Trimester
Starts on week 27 and ends on week 41. -
Size of Baby after month 8
By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds(pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. -
Baby is born
Because he was curled up inside your uterus until recently, your newborn baby will probably look scrunched up for a while, with his arms and legs not fully extended. He may even appear bowlegged.
