• The feet are almost half an inch (1cm) long.
• The fetus starts moving spontaneously.
• The face is beginning to look like a baby's face.
• The pancreas is functioning and producing insulin.
• Fingernails and toenails appear.
• The baby can suck his thumb, and get hiccups.
From this week you may well be able to hear the baby's heart beat through a doppler monitor on your tummy. You will notice that the rate is up to 160 a minute, double that of a normal adult.
Your baby now has a chin and a nose and a facial profile. Vocal chords are complete, and the baby can and does sometimes cry silently. The brain is fully formed, and the baby can also feel pain. The fetus may even suck his thumb. The eyelids now cover the eyes, and will remain shut until the seventh month to protect the delicate optical nerve fibers. The hair is on the head and the fingers and toes have developed soft nails. The kidneys are developed and begin to secrete urine.
4 comments:
i'm officially obsessed! life is such an incredible miracle!!! awww i'm attached to the shim already :)
ewww baby O is peeing in it's sack. Ha ha, that was my favorite baby fact when I was hatching my egg.
That's amazing. New life is such a miracle. Thanks for sharing!
New life is indeed a wonder.
Here's to Baby O and mom, who can drive even the laziest bloggers to post, with her blog rolling extravaganza.
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xxx
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