What your baby looks like as an embryo
This illustration shows what your baby looks like at about seven weeks of pregnancy. Egg and sperm have developed into an embryo with a tiny beating heart. The embryo will be growing very fast over the next few weeks.
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You’re now two months pregnant. Your baby is more than half an inch long crown to rump and has distinct, slightly webbed fingers. Her arms and legs may be long enough to meet in front of her body.
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At three months of pregnancy, your baby is about 2 inches long. His fingers and toes have separated and he has begun swallowing and kicking. The basic structures of all his organs are in place and beginning to function.
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You’re now four months pregnant. Your baby is more than 4 inches long and covered with a layer of fine, downy hair called lanugo. If you have an ultrasound this month, you’ll probably be able to find out whether you’re having a boy or a girl.
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A creamy, white substance called vernix caseosa protects your baby from his long immersion in amniotic fluid. He’s swallowing more and giving his digestive system a workout. If you have an ultrasound, you might see him sucking his thumb.
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By six months, you should have started to feel your baby moving. She’s still long and lean but will soon start to put on some baby fat. Her facial features — lips, eyebrows, eyelids — are more distinct and her teeth are starting to develop under her gums.
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At seven months of pregnancy, your baby weighs more than 2 pounds and looks more like a newborn. His body is well formed. Fingernails are starting to cover his fingertips. He can now open and close his eyes and may turn toward a source of bright light.
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At eight months of pregnancy, your baby may weigh nearly 4 pounds and is gaining about half a pound per week. Layers of fat are piling on under her skin. She has probably turned head-down in preparation for her coming birth.
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By nine months, most of your baby’s bones have hardened, although his skull is still pliable. He’s shedding most of the downy covering of hair as well as the creamy vernix caseosa that covered his body. He’ll spend the next few weeks just putting on weight.
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