FIFTEEN WEEKS OF PREGNANCY

SYMPTOMS AND BABY SIZE

HOW YOUR BABY'S GROWING

 From head to bottom your baby is about 8.7cm, and weighs around 43g . She's roughly the size of a lemon. Her body and limbs are now growing faster than her head. This growth will help to  put her arms and legs in proportion  with the rest of her body.

Fine hair called lanugo is stating to appear on your baby's  head and body/ Its thought that lanugo helps to regulate your baby's temperature. It will start to fall out about four weeks before she's due , although you may see traces of it when she's born

Your baby is now moving her arms  and legs in a more coordinated way. You may have been lucky enough to see her kick her legs or even wave during your dating scan..

Impulses darting through your baby's brain mean her facial muscles are getting a workout. Her tiny features rapidly form one expression after another. from squints and  frowns to grimaces . She's also beginning to  make slow eye movements under her closed lids.

FOURTEEN WEEKS OF PRGNANCY

YOUR BABY IS ROUGHLY THE SIZE  OF A LEMON

HOW YOUR BABY'S   GROWING

From head to bottom your baby is about 8.7cm  and weights around 43g. She s roughly  the size of a lemon/ Her body and limbs are now growing faster than  her head. This growth will help to put her arms and legs  in proportion with the rest of her body/.

Fine hairs called lanugo  is starting to appear on  your baby's head and body. It's thought that lanugo helps to regulate your baby's  temperature / It will start to fall out about four weeks before she's due,  although you may see traces of it when she's born.

Your baby is now moving her arms and legs in a more coordinating way/ You may have been lucky enough to see her kick her legs or even wave during your dating scan.

Impulses darting through your baby's brain mean her facial muscles are getting a workout/ Her tiny features rapidly form one expression  after another , form squints and frowns to grimaces . She's also beginning to make slow eye movements under her closed lids.

13 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY

YOUR BABY IS ALMOST AS LONG AS A PEA POD

HOW YOUR BABY'S GROWING

Your baby is the length of  a pea pod about 7.4cm  from head to bottom . He weighs nearly 23g . His head makes up a third of his body length . This  week the part of his brain responsible  for complex thoughts, such as problem solving and memory, starts to form.

Tiny fingerprints unique to your baby are forming  on his fingers although they won't be fully developed until he's about 17 weeks . Now that's  he's  discovered how to suck . he'll be busy practicing his new skills.  He may even be sucking his thumb.

Your baby is beginning to swallow amniotic fluid.  The fluid is mostly  water, but it also contain nutrients  that your baby absorbs, including carbohydrates, protein glucose and electrolytes. Any remaining fluid is turned into  urine by his kidney, which he will be back into  the amniotic fluid.

If your baby's BOY, his testicles have now formed, and his penis is growing, If you're having a GIRL, her ovaries have finished developing and contain about two million eggs.

TWELVE WEEKS OF PREGNANCY

YOUR BABY IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A LIME

HOW YOUR BABY'S  GROWING

Your baby  is about 5.4cm from head to bottom ,the size of a lime and weight up to 14g. Her skeleton is made up of firm tissue  called cartilage , which will now begin to developed into bone. This hardening process makes a long time. In fact  her bones won't be fully developed until she's her twenties .

Your baby is starting to look more human every day . Her eyes have moved closer together and her tiny earlobes are taking shape . She's also gaining some  of the  skills shape. She's needs after she' s born. She can close her fingers to make a fist and use the muscles in her mouth to suck.

Now that your baby's reflexes are becoming more honed. She'll wriggle a little if  you gently prod your belly. You won't feel her movement yet, but you may see her fidgeting when you have your dating scan .  Most women have their dating scan between eight weeks and 14 weeks of pregnancy.

ELEVEN WEEKS OF PREGNANCY

 YOUR BABY IS ABOUT AS BIG AS A FIG

HOW YOUR BABY'S GROWING

Measuring from head to bottom your baby is now about 4.1cm.or about the size of a FIG .His hands will soon open and close into fists and he'll be able to grasp his umbilical cord. His veins and arteries are developing, and they are visible under his thin layer of skin.

Your baby's face looks more human, as his features take shape and his mouth becomes almost fully formed . The bones of his palate are fusing  together and the tiny buds of his milk teeth continue to grow within his gums. His fingers may even be growing tiny nails already .

Although your baby's eyes may still be closed. he's far from asleep.  He's busy flexing his muscles by kicking and stretching. and may have started hiccupping now that his diaphragm is stronger. You're unlikely to feel these tiny movements, through .Most mums don't feel anything until about 18 o 20 weeks.,and it may take longer if this is your first baby.

Most of your baby's critical development  will tail off in the next couple of weeks. His main task  off in the next six months will be to grow larger and  stronger  and this included rapid growth of his brain.

TEN WEEKS OF PREGNANCY

YOUR BABY  IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A GREEN OLIVE.

HOW YOUR BABY'S GROWING

Until now, your baby has been in the embryonic stage  of development, which is when cells form to become the brain and nervous system, her limbs and all the major organs. This week marks her move into the fetal stage of the development , which last until she born. From now until then, she'll grow and develop, until she's ready for life outside the womb.

Your baby's is about the  size of a green olive . She measures about 3.1cm from head to bottom and weights nearly 4g. Her head is more rounded and upright now, the outer part of her ears are fully developed and her limbs are well formed. Her eyelids are fused shut, and won't open until after 27 weeks of pregnancy

Your baby has a fully developed heart,  which is now beating about 180 beats per minute. That's two  to three times faster than your . Her tiny fingers and toes are no longer webbed., her arms and legs can rotate at the shoulder  and hip joints, and her hands meets over her heart./ She may be small. but she's very  active. kicking her new limbs and reaching up to touch her face.

The yolk sac, which provided your baby with nutrients before the placenta  developed, is beginning to shrink now. Vital organs. including her kidneys, intestines brain and liver are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.
 HOW YOUR BABY'S  GROWING

                                                                                                                                                                        

NINE WEEKS OF PREGNANCY

YOUR BABY IS AROUND THE SIZE OF A GRAPE

HOW  YOUR BABY GROW

All your baby's essential body parts are in  place, though they'll go through  plenty of fine tuning  in the coming months By now his heart has finished dividing into four chambers and his nose and sense of smell are developing. Your  baby's organs  muscles nerves are all kicking  into  gear.

With your baby's embryonic tail now gone./ he's starting to look a bi more human. By the end of this week he'll measure about 2.3cm long and weigh about 2g This is roughly size of a grape/

Your baby's tiny ears are becoming more defined and will move into places soon .His hair follicles also starting to form now. In his mouth the first smell taste  buds are beginning to emerge on tongue   bulb shaped buds in his gums will become recognized milk teeth  later in pregnancy

Although it's not possible to tell the sex of your baby by ultrasound yet, his genitals have now begun to form. His ankles and wrists are more developed and his fingers and toe are more clearly defined. His arms can bend at the elbows and are long enough for the hand to rest on his chest , where they will soon meet. His legs ae lengthening too.

Until this  point  your ovaries have been in charge of producing progesterone a hormone that's essential for your growing baby.  However , your placenta  has now developed enough to start taking over this critical job.  It's also nearly ready to deliver all the nutrients your baby needs.,

HOW YOUR BABY'S GROWING

EIGHT WEEKS PREGNANC

BABY IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A KIDNEY BEAN

  HOW YOUR BABY GROW

This week mark the end of your baby's embryonic stage, the early period of human development ,. She no measures about 1.6cm in length, about the size of a KEDNEY BEAN . Her facial features are slowly becoming more defined as her upper jaws and nose take shape

Nerve cells in your baby's BRAIN are branching out to form early neural pathways. The part of the brain responsible for her SENSE OF SMELL is also taking shape.

There is a lot happening to your baby's body this week too./ Her arm are long enough for her hands to meet over her chest and her legs are lengthening too However, her ankles, thighs, knees and toes are not yet distinct. Her embryonic tail is almost gone  and the area where it was will become her tailbone. (COCCYX)

SEVEN WEEKS PREGNANCY

BABY IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BLUEBERRY

HOW BABY GROW

Now measuring around 1cm long. your growing baby is about the size of a blueberry. He has a tiny tail. an extension of his tailbone that will soon disappear.

   Cartilage is forming in all your baby's limbs, and nerves are spreading through his legs.  His arms are lengthening and his shoulders, upper arms, forearms and hands are becoming more distinct. You won't feel it yet, but his body is like a tiny jumping  bean, moving in fits and starts

Your baby's brain will grow by a third this week. His teeth and palate are forming and his ears are developing on either side of his head. His eyes are  still in the early stage of development, but already translucent folds are forming tiny eyelids.

This week marks the start of a very busy developmental stage for your baby, Organs that formed in the first few weeks of life, such as the heart and brain, will become more specialized and complicated. Between now and 20 weeks your baby will be growing rapidly.

BABY LOOKS LIKE THIS IN SEVEN WEEKS PREGNANCY

                             SIX WEEKS PREGNANCY

                          YOUR BABY IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A LENTIL.             

HOW YOUR BABY GROW 

                                  

  NOW  THAT YOU'RE SIX WEEKS PREGNANT , YOUR BABY IS ABOUT THE SIZE IS ABOUT OF A LENTIL. HER HEART IS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE INTO FOUR CHAMBERS AND IS NOW BEATING ABOUT 150TIMES A MINUTE. THAT'S AROUND TWICE THE RATE OF YOUR HEART.

         YOUR BABY'S HEAD IS LARGER THAN THE TRUNK OF HER BODY, AND IS BENT OVER INTO WHAT WILL BECOME HER CHEST. HER FACIAL FEATURES ARE FORMING WITH DARK SPOTS WHERE HER EYES WILL BE OOPENINGS FOR HER NOSTRILS.  AND LITTLE PITS TOMARK HER EARS. HER TONGUE AND VOCAL CHORD ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO FORM.

     THE SMALL BUDS THAT WILL BECOME YOUR BABY'S ARMS AND LEGS ARE CONTINUING TO GROW. HER MUSCLES AND BONE TUSSUE IS BUILDING UP AND SHE'S COVERED WITH A THIN LAYER OF SKIN. IN FACT HER SKIN IS SO THIN THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT.

    

    YOUR BABY'S HOLLOW NEURAL TUBE, FROM WHICH HER BRAIN,SPINAL CORD, NERVES AND BACKBONE WILL SPROUT., CLOSES TO FORM A CAVITY. THIS CAVITY WILL DEVELOP INTO HER VENTRICULAR SYSTEM, WHICH WILL PRODUCE  FLUID TO PROTECT YOUR BABY'S BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. FOLIC ACID, WHICH YOU'RE RECOMMENDED TO TAKE AS A SUPPLEMENT UNTIL YOU'RE 12 WEEKS PREGNANT, HELPS TO PREVENT ABNORMALITIES IN THE NEURAL TUBEAS IT DEVELOPS.

   

                            FIVE WEEK PREGNANT

                         BABY LIKE A SESAME SEED

 HOW YOUR BABY GROWING

  YOUR baby measures about the size of a sesame seed. and looks like a tadpole than a human at the moment ;  you wont't have a bump just yet big changes ate occurring inside your uterus. The neural tube, which will connect your baby's brain with his spinal cord has now formed.

   Your baby's tiny heart is the first organ  develop  and function . Although it only has one chamber at the moment rather than the final four of a fully developed heart. it's already beating at the rate of about 100 beats a minute.

   These internal developments are matched by changes on the outside. too. The buds, or bumps, that will grow into your baby's arms begin to sprout. And below the opening that will form his mouth small folds exist where his neck and lower  jaw will eventually develop.

                   your baby  is about the size of a poppy seed

                               your BABY AT 4 WEEKS

 HOW YOUR BABY GROW

  BY Four weeks of pregnancy  the ball of cells in your womb  has developed into an embryo. Although it's  only the size of a POPPY SEEDS  a lot is happening.

  There are two layers of developing cells/ the epiblast which will for your  entire baby,and he hypoblast which is a temporary layer of cells.

The embryo is surrounded by an amniotic sac, which is filled with fluid to cushion and protect it/ The placenta is in the early stage of development and also has two layer. Some cells are  tunneling into the lining  of your womb to provide an oxygen supply from you to your baby; while other cells are producing the hormone human chorionic gonadotrophin  which gives you that big fat positive on your pregnancy test;.

   At about 10 weeks the  placenta will  supply your baby with the nutrients she requires/ until then a small yolk sac provides all the nourishement  the embryo needs.

 From now until 10 weeks all of your baby's  organs will begin to develop  and some will even begin to function. This is one of your baby's most important periods of development. Taking folic acid supplements  during this  important stage can help to prevent defects, such as spine bifida.

FERTILIZATION       

IMPLANATION : THREE WEEKS PREGNANCY

 HOW BABY IS GROWING

 Your fertilized egg is now a tiny ball of constantly multiply cells called a blastocyst. It implants into the lining of your womb and continues to grow. Some of cells will become your baby, while others will become the placenta or the amniotic sac.

 The cells that are developing into a placenta have started to produce the pregnancy hormone hCG(human chorionic gonadotropin). This hormone tells your ovaries to boost production of oestriogen and progesterone which stop your womb from shedding its lining. hCG is also the hormone that will turn your pregnancy test positive 

 meanwhile, amniotic fluid is beginning to form in the cavity that will become the amniotic sac. This fluid will cushion your baby in the weeks and months ahead.

                                   CONCEPTION :

                                   FETAL DEVELOPMENT

       CONCEPTION HAPPENS WHEN A SPERM PENETRATES ONE OF YOUR EGGS

       When did you conceive your baby, and when is your due date?  Many women don't know when they last ovulated, so working out when a sperm fertilized the egg.

Knowing how your body ovulated  and prepares itself for pregnancy may help  you to understand how your due date can be calculated

 

      In the week after your period, oestrogen triggers your womb to form a lush, blood-rich lining of tissue. Your levels of the hormone progesterone rise, and your eggs ripen in fluid-filled sacs called follicles.

     

      At around 14 days of a month cycle, one of your eggs is released from your overy and swept into and down your fallopian tube by tiny finger like structure called cilia. This is called ovulation. In the next 12 hours to 24 hours, the egg,wait  to be fertilized by a single sperm.

    EJACULATION can contain about 200 million and 600 million sperm.although these huge number only about 200 sperm will be active sperm to finish the journey to the fallopian tube.

    

      When you ovulate  the mucus in your cervix  is thinner than the usual. This helps the sperm  the swim through vagina and womb to your fallopian tube. ;

      Conception occur when a sperm penetrates the waiting egg. It does this by releasing enzyme that help to break down the protective cells covering the egg. Once the sperm has enterd the egg immediately closes its outer membrane to any sperm that can not enter again or made it this far.

                                                CONGRATULATION                                                                            

  although, you have just conceived your are officially two weeks pregnant