Week 10
by Amalah
Your Baby: Will officially be considered a fetus by the end of this week. Is over an inch long, maybe by as much as 3/4 of ANOTHER WHOLE INCH. That’s almost TWO INCHES. That’s about the size of a…hmm…*glances frantically around room*…okay, it’s slightly bigger than a really big coat button, but not quite as [...]
Week 9
by Amalah
Your Baby: Is about the size of a grape, or perhaps a cocktail olive, the kind that’s marinated in vermouth and stuffed with blue cheese. (Is not marinated in vermouth or stuffed with blue cheese.) Has fingers and toes and eyelids and ears. External boy and girl-parts are present, but won’t be really distinguishable for [...]
Week 8
by Amalah
Your baby: Is about the size of a gummy bear or kidney bean, and dear LORD I promise to be done with the bean comparisons soon, because it is all entirely too precious. Is extremely jointy, with fingers and toes and elbows and knees that s/he can bend and wiggle. Almost doesn’t have a tail [...]
Week 7
by Amalah
Your baby: Still with the growing. Always with the growing. Your baby starts off this week at four or five millimeters long, but is a whopping half an inch by the end. Has a two-chambered heart, air passages in the lungs, and cerebral hemispheres in the braaaaaains. Has an appendix, which is kind of cool [...]
Week 6
by Amalah
Your baby: Has tripled or even quadrupled in size and is now three or four entire millimeters long! Godzilla baby! Is working on growing a nose, some ears and a mouth. Is also growing flappy little leg and arm buds. Has a heartbeat that can be seen on an ultrasound — 100 to 160 beats [...]
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