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Month 2
Fingers, toes, and eyes are also forming in the second month of pregnancy. The neural tube (brain, spinal cord, and other neural tissue of the central nervous system) is well formed. The digestive tract and sensory organs begin to develop. Bone starts to replace cartilage. -
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Month 6
Its five senses are already developed, it touches different parts of its body and the walls of the uterus, it swallows amniotic fluid for the formation of the taste buds, it begins to hear and differentiate sounds. -
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Month 7
The neonatal brain develops very quickly, and the mapping of lines and convolutions (folds) begins to form, preparing it for proper human intellectual development. The muscles and lungs develop rapidly until they are fully formed. -
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Month 8
your little one is quickly gaining weight and fat, and he's getting closer to his eventual birth weight. The fine hair called lanugo that has covered his tiny body over the past few weeks starts to disappear. The hair on his head may now be starting to grow instead. -
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Month 1
During the first month of pregnancy, several important structures form. These structures are a tiny clump of cells, but will grow to become the amniotic sac, placenta and umbilical cord. A tube that becomes the fetus's brain and spinal cord forms, as well as its circulatory system. -
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Month 3
It's a period of rapid growth and development. The fetus develops distinct facial features, limbs, organs, bones and muscles. By the end of the 12th week, the fetus has an assigned sex, but it won't be visible on ultrasound for several more weeks. -
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Month 4
Your baby can even suck their thumb, yawn, stretch, and make faces. The nervous system is starting to function at this point in pregnancy. The reproductive organs and genitalia are now fully developed, and your health care provider can see on ultrasound if you are having a boy or a girl. -
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Month 5
Your baby may be moving a lot. Their muscles are formed, and it may seem like you have a tiny soccer player in there. The lungs are still developing, and footprints and fingerprints have formed—they're even beginning to grow hair on their head! -
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Month 9
All its organs are already mature and, due to its size, it has hardly any space to move around inside the uterus. During this period, the placenta transfers maternal antibodies to the fetus to provide greater protection against infection at birth.