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6 Weeks
Your baby's jaw, cheeks, chin, eyes, ears, and nose are beginning to form. In addition, her kidneys, liver, and lungs are developing, and her heart is now beating 80 times a minute. Your kidneys are becoming more efficient at ridding your body of waste. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-6.aspx# -
8 Weeks
The baby is growing at an amazing rate — about a millimeter every day — and now is the size of a large raspberry. Her heart is beating at the incredible rate of 150 times per minute — about twice as fast as yours! And even though you can't yet feel it, she's now making spontaneous movements as she twitches her tiny trunk and limb buds. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-8.aspx -
12 Weeks
By now, your baby weighs a full half-ounce and is about the size of a large plum. His fetal digestive system is beginning to practice contraction movements necessary for eating. His bone marrow is busy making white blood cells — weapons against germs once he's out of your safe haven. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-12.aspx -
15 Weeks
She's about the size of an orange this week. Her ears have migrated to the sides of her head, and her eyes are moving to the front of her face. They can now wiggle her fingers and toes and make breathing movements in preparation for life outside the womb. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-19.aspx -
19 Weeks
She's about a half pound in weight and six inches long. There's a substance called vernix caseosa beginning to cover your baby, that covers your baby's skin, protecting it from the surrounding amniotic fluid. One minute you're lying peacefully in bed and the next your calf muscle feels like it's about to explode, becue of leg cramps. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-19.aspx -
22 Weeks
This week, your baby weighs in at a pound and measures nearly eight inches. They now have eyebrows, eyelashes, and maybe even some hair on their head. She can also hear your voice, your heartbeat, your gurgling stomach, and the blood rushing through you body. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-22.aspx -
27 Weeks
His weight is coming in at just over two pounds. Your baby may recognize your voice by now.From head-to-toe, he may be more than fifteen inches — more than a foot long. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-27.aspx -
30 Weeks
Your baby is getting bigger every day, weighing in at over three pounds now. Also growing daily is his brain, which is actually starting to look like the real thing. They'll start shedding lanugo, the downy body hair that's been keeping him warm up until now. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-30.aspx# -
34 Weeks
Weighing in at five pounds and could be as tall as 20 inches by now. This week, a boy's testicles start making their way down from his abdomen to their scrotum. Their tiny fingernails have probably reached the tips of his fingers by now. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-39.aspx -
39 Weeks
Your baby weighs around seven to eight pounds. He also measures 19 to 21 inches. Her head may have dropped into your pelvis by now, which makes your breathing easier. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-39.aspx
