16 WEEKS OF  PREGNANCY

SYMPTOMS AND BABY SIZE

HOW BABY IS GROWING

 Your baby is now about 11.6cm from head to bottom , about the size of an avocado/. She weight about 100g.

In the next three weeks  she'll go through a tremendous growth spurt. more than doubling her weight/ As your baby grows in size, so does the placenta, which helps to support and nourish her.

Your baby's neck muscles  and back bones are now stronger meaning  her head is more upright  and her body  is straighter   . Her grasp may now have developed enough for her to hold her little hands together/

On the top of your baby's head, the tiny lines of her scalp pattern are beginning  to form, although no hair will grow yet/ A groove called the philtrum is starting to appear under your baby's nose  giving her top lip its distinctive cupid's  bow  shape/

Your baby's  circulatory system is in full working order /. Her heart is pumping  about 28 litres of blood around her tiny body every day.  By the time she's born it'll be pumping  around 12 times that much .