At 28 weeks, your baby is growing and developing at a rapid rate and is roughly 2.2 lbs. Now marks the beginning of the third trimester, when you'll start to notice reduced fetal movement due to a lack of space in your uterus. Still, your 28-week-old baby should continue to be active until the last few weeks of pregnancy. If you're concerned about both the quality or and quantity of your baby's movements, do a kick count and discuss your findings with your OB to see if there's a potential problem.
When your period is late and still doesn't come after a few days, it might be a sign you're pregnant, providing you've been sexually active. However, there are several factors that might conceal your pregnancy, even at six week...
This is a condition that may affect the palms of your hands or the soles of your feet. You may develop small, fluid-filled blisters on these areas that redden with inflammation. These blisters may last for approximately three w...
Having a baby brings many surprises, many of which cannot be known until your baby is born. One eagerly anticipated discovery is the gender of your child, which you may be able to find out during pregnancy. Once you know the se...
Although babies in utero, like those outside the womb, grow and develop at slightly different rates, baby development calendars can provide an idea of the average baby's growth and development during each week of pregnancy. The...
The fetus has gone from a sperm and an egg to a cluster of dividing cells, and now resembles a human. As the pregnancy progresses from this week, the baby's development is more focused on refining existing characteristics and g...
How early you know your unborn baby's gender is a matter of what method you use to determine it. From advanced medical techniques to old wives tales, there are many ways to predict whether you'll be bringing a boy or girl into ...
The development of a fetus in your uterus is a fascinating process. Your baby is changing and growing rapidly throughout your pregnancy, and at 12 weeks the fetus has reached some important milestones. Understanding the stages ...
Doctors calculate pregnancy from the last menstrual period, so at eight weeks of pregnancy, the baby is six weeks from conception. In the first eight weeks of development, the baby is technically called an embryo, and after tha...
Whether you were trying to conceive or your pregnancy was a pleasant surprise, the first six weeks can seem overwhelming with different feelings of joy, excitement, nervousness and anticipation. During the first six weeks of pr...
The majority of babies born are delivered between 37 and 40 weeks gestation, and are considered term. A few babies are born preterm, earlier than 37 weeks. The youngest of these are the babies born at 23 weeks gestation. The ba...
After developing for 33 weeks in the womb, a baby has reached the point where most of his development is complete and the major change from this point forward is to grow bigger and stronger so that he can survive after birth. S...
A 17 week old fetus is in its second trimester of growth and development should be proceeding steadily. While the first trimester was all about forming the vital organs, by 17 weeks the baby's development mostly involves detail...
Your baby is about the size of a pen tip this week---between 1/16 and 1/8 inch---and is ready to grow rapidly. Last week she entered the embryonic period, in which her organs begin to form, including the heart, brain and spinal...
(Reference 1) Cleft lip and cleft palate abnormalities occur during the fifth week of gestation, when the medial nasal and maxillary processes fail to merge together during fetal facial formation. Genetics and environmental f...
Shortly after conception, the cells that make up the developing embryo will differentiate into three distinct tissue types known as germ layers: endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm. Heart development begins three weeks after concep...
Her uterine lining thickens and additional blood flows to that area, providing nourishment for the fetus. A placenta begins to form, and as fetal blood circulates through this placenta, the mother's blood circulates around it. ...
When you brought your baby home from the hospital almost seven weeks ago, it seems all he did was sleep, eat and cry. Now, as he nears his 2-month birthday, your baby seems to be doing much more. He's awake for longer periods o...
Sometime in the second trimester, after the 14th week of pregnancy, a mother may begin to feel her baby move. As time goes on the movement becomes more noticeable. The movement of the baby is comforting as the mother can be rea...
At thirty-one weeks, a mother is in her third trimester of pregnancy. The third trimester, twenty-nine weeks to forty weeks, is a time of remarkable fetal growth and maternal changes. Both mother and baby are preparing for the ...
At fifteen weeks, a woman has just passed her first trimester of pregnancy. She may have a small protruding belly at this time. Overall, she should begin feeling much better as the surges of hormones coming from the placenta di...
Before the fetus is born, a precisely ordered and timed set of developments takes place. Over the course of eight weeks, a single, fertilized egg cell grows into a ball of cells called the blastocyst, then an embryo and then a ...
A human fetus develops over the course of about 38 weeks of pregnancy. This developmental process follows a precisely ordered and timed set of stages. Scientists have characterized these stages in enough detail to fill several ...
The 13th week of fetal development finishes out the first trimester. At this point, the activity in the womb shifts from development to growth as the fetus begins to put on weight and get all of his newly formed body parts read...
The twelfth week of pregnancy marks the end of the first trimester. At this point, the risk of miscarriage drops significantly. The risk of significant birth defects forming also diminishes after this point, while defects that ...
At 37 weeks pregnant, a baby has reached the important milestone of being considered full term. A baby born from this point forward is no longer a preemie and shouldn't need any special care. Of course, gestation averages about...
A 30-week fetus is only ten short weeks away from his due date, and development is proceeding at a ferocious pace. At this point, the baby has completed most of the development of major organs and is concentrating his efforts o...
The opening usually occurs to the right of the umbilicus. Gastroschisis develops in babies whose mothers are young, almost never older than 30 years old, CHW reports, and often under age 20, according to the Children's Hospital...
Pregnancy is an exciting time. Women who are trying to conceive or who have recently discovered that they are pregnant are often curious about the first month of prenatal development. The first month of pregnancy sets up the ba...
The beginning of the second trimester brings many moms relief from morning sickness and the overall tired feelings of the first trimester. By week 17 baby is fully active inside the womb and the belly is starting to show proof ...
While you have may have been wondering whether or not you are pregnant, your uterus has been busy at work creating a safe and nurturing environment for your fetus. The early weeks of pregnancy are regarded as a critical time of...
At 12 weeks, a fetus may not be big enough to have mommy-to-be in maternity clothes, but the growth and development that occur during the first trimester is the most dramatic of the entire pregnancy, according to the University...
At 11 weeks, a fetus is undergoing rapid development and is finally starting to look like a little person. When parents-to-be see an 11-week-old baby via ultrasound, they often find themselves pleasantly astounded to be able to...
If you were able to peek inside the world of a 6-week-old fetus, you would witness a flood of developmental milestones.
Weight, length, body characteristics and facial features are all developing on the outside, while small and delicate organs are forming on the inside. Although an 8-week-old fetus may not show much detail on an ultrasound scree...
At 7 weeks old, a fetus is far beyond the cluster of cells it started from. Even though it still has an amphibious appearance thanks to the taillike formation at the bottom of it, your baby is beginning to take on human feature...
Both parents can become curious to what their developing baby looks like inside the womb. Luckily, the development of a fetus follows a relatively predictable course of growth. A 5-week-old fetus is developing rapidly, although...
Being pregnant is an exciting, life-changing event. There is much to worry over and even more to wonder about. At six weeks, your tummy is not yet protruding, but the fetus inside is growing rapidly. Although it is only four we...
At 17 weeks, a pregnancy is in its second trimester; most fetal organs and structures are present and the fetus looks very much like a miniature baby. But there's still plenty of growth and refinement to take place before a fet...
A 19-week fetus has come pretty far since the first few weeks when he was smaller than a penny and looked more like a tadpole than a baby. By the 19th week of gestation, the fetus is definitely looking more baby-like. Some of t...
The excitement is building, but so is the discomfort. Fortunately, you have less than two months until you reach the 40-week mark. Chances are high you are even feeling a few kicks from your baby, whose rapidly developing body ...
Though you cannot see your baby, he is growing and changing day by day and week by week. Your baby grows from the size of a pinhead to somewhere between 19 and 21 inches. She starts out as a group of cells, moves on to resembli...
At the end of this trimester, the fetus is about 3 inches long and it weighs about 1 oz., with its head making up about half of its total size. It will have moved from a microscopic being to a recognizable human that has develo...
