Your Baby S Development Week By Week

Each chapter covers just one week of a baby s development and ideal for tired and anxious parents the week is divided into sections so that you can quickly and easily skim the chapter and find the information you re looking for.

Your baby s development week by week.

Your egg is fertilized 12 to 24 hours later if a sperm penetrates it and this simple biological occurrence begins a series of. By the end of this week your baby s external genitalia will start developing into a penis or a clitoris and labia majora. At the start of this week you ovulate. Buds for future teeth appear.

Those cuddles and dizzying with all the crying and feeding and diapering you ve got your hands full. The ears are close to reaching their final position. Sixteen weeks into your pregnancy or 14 weeks after conception your baby s head is erect. Your baby s skin is getting thicker.

Red blood cells are beginning to form in your baby s liver. This week your baby s movements become smoother and more purposeful and those random jerky motions begin to disappear set aside time each day for using her body for example you can. This week your baby s face is broad the eyes widely separated the eyelids fused and the ears low set. 5 weeks pregnant your tiny embryo is growing like crazy and you may be noticing pregnancy discomforts like sore breasts and fatigue.

This week by week newsletter will keep you informed. Your baby s growth and development during the first year is both delightful those coos. Your ovary releases a ripened egg ovum into your fallopian tube where it will patiently await the sperm that have survived the. Pregnancy weeks four through seven are when most women discover they are pregnant.

Our illustrations show how your baby is growing inside your womb uterus while our inside pregnancy videos take a 3d animated look at a baby from conception to labour and birth and see the whole nine months in one timeline. Follow your baby s development from a tiny mass of cells through to a fully developed baby. His or her eyes can slowly move. Your baby s limb movements are becoming coordinated and can be detected during ultrasound exams.

Your baby week by week is the guide you ve been crying out for. So far your baby doesn t exist but this is the week you ovulate. Deep in your uterus your baby is an embryo made up of two layers and your primitive placenta is developing. Follow your baby s development week by week from conception to labor in these amazingly detailed doctor reviewed images.