fetal development timeline

  • month 1

    • The mouth, lower jaw, and throat start to develop
    • 6-7cm-1inch long
    • weighs about 1\3 ounces
  • month 2

    • ears, and tiny buds that grow into arms,legs,fingers,toes and eyes begin to form. -2.54cm and 1\3 ounces -Third of the baby is now made up of its head
  • month 3

    -can open and close its fists
    -7.6-10cm and 3-4 inches and weighs about 28g (1ounce)
    -By the end the baby is fully formed
  • month 4

    • learning to swallow,backbone can flex -6.25 inches
    • All major organs are formed
  • month 5

    • eyelids, eyebrows, eyelashes, nails, and hair are starting to form.
    • fingers and toes are well defined
    • Baby is about 4 ounces
  • month 6

    • About 15.2 inches .
    • About 2.5 pounds
  • month 7

    • about 2 to 4 pounds
    • fat starts to be deposited on a baby
    • baby's hearing is fully developed
    • responds to pain,light, and sound
  • month 8

    • about 18 inches long
    • the baby's brain is developing fast can caused the baby to be more active
    • weighs about 5 pounds
  • month 9

    • about 7 pounds
    • The lungs are matured
    • body is fully developed and can survive outside of the mothers womb.