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Week 7
1.Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling.
2.Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo and has something of a small tail, which is an extension of her/his tailbone.
3.Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long. -
Week 10
- Small indentations on his legs (soon to be knees and ankles), and his tiny arms even have elbows that bend.
- Inside that little mouth, tiny buds of baby teeth are forming under the gums.
- His stomach and kidneys are kicking into gear, producing digestive juices and urine. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-10.aspx
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Week 12
- By now, your baby weighs a full half-ounce and is about the size of a large plum.
- His bone marrow is busy making white blood cells.
- Weapons against germs once he/she is out of your safe haven.
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Week 16
- Your baby now weighs in at a whopping three to five ounces, and he's four to five inches in length.
- The bones that are now in place in his ears means he can probably hear your voice as you talk to your partner and pals and sing in the car.
- While he’s getting used to your voice, the tiny muscles in his body, especially the ones in his back, are gaining strength, so he can straighten out a little more. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-16.aspx
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Week 18
- At five and a half inches long and five ounces in weight, he now may be large enough for you to feel him twisting, rolling, kicking, and punching his way around the womb.
- Plus, he's developing yawning and hiccupping skills.
- And his own unique set of toe and fingerprints. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-18.aspx#
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Week 23
- Your little doll-sized babe is about to chub up a bit. His saggy skin will start to fit his frame as fat deposits fill things out.
- Beginning this week, he'll start to pack on the pounds.
- Right now, your baby's organs and bones are visible through his skin, which has a red hue due to developing veins and arteries beneath. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-23.aspx
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Week 26
- Now weighs a full two pounds and measures nine-plus inches.
- And this week, her eyes, which until now were developing under fused eyelids, start to open.
- Brain is more developed and sophisticated. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-26.aspx
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Week 30
- Your belly’s increasing size is a definite clue that your baby is getting bigger every day, weighing in at over three pounds now.
- lso growing daily is his brain, which is actually starting to look like the real thing with those characteristic grooves and wrinkles.
- He'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
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Week 34
- Your baby is clocking in at five pounds and could be as tall as 20 inches by now, and the vernix (the white coating protecting your baby’s skin) is getting thicker.
- Those tiny fingernails have probably reached the tips of his fingers by now.
- This week, a boy's testicles start making their way down from his abdomen to their final destination. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-34.aspx
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Week 38
- Weighing close to seven pounds and measuring 20 inches long.
- He/She is also producing more surfactant, a substance that prevents the air sacs in his lungs from sticking to one another once he starts to breathe.
- He’s continuing to add fat. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-38.aspx