The average fetus at 12 weeks is about 2.1 inches long and .49 ounces. Now that your baby is fully formed its main job is to grow. Your baby’s digestive system is beginning to work, the fetal digestive system is beginning to flex its digestive muscle as it starts to practice contraction movements.
Your baby is about 1.6 inches long and weighs approximately .25 ounces. He/she is fully formed and although you cannot see it he/she is moving fluidly inside your uterus!
Your baby weighs about .14 ounces and is about 1.2 inches long. Your baby has working arm joints and her cartilage and bones are forming. His/her vital organs are fully developed and stating to function, he/she is now swallowing and kicking! More minute features like fingernails and hair are also stating to appear!
Your Baby is now the size of a Raspberry Your baby weighs about .04 ounces and measure about .63 inches. Your baby is growing at an amazing rate, a...
Your baby is still described as an embryo because he/she still has the remains fo a small tail which will disappear in the next few weeks. At .51 inches it doesn’t exactly tip the scales however he/she is developing like crazy!
The average embryo at week 6 is about .25 inches and will double in size again next week! This week the heart has started beating. Although your baby is tiny, the folds of tissue in the prominent bump on top are developing into your baby’s jaw, cheeks and chin and will eventually become one gorgeous face. In addition, your baby’s ears are emerging and the arms and legs look like protruding buds.
Although your baby still looks more like tadpole than a human being at week 5 it is measurable – it’s a wee .13 inches and its gearing up for much more growth! Your baby’s major organs are developing, its kidneys and heart are growing and the neural tube, which protects the spinal cord and connects it to the brain is closing over.
Your Baby is now the size of a Poppyseed
The ball of cells, now known as a blastocyst, is settling into its new home (your uterus). The ball of cells is splitting into the embryo and placenta.
