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