How big is my baby? At 10 weeks pregnant, this is the last week that your baby will be considered an embryo. As your baby’s legs continue to grow, they now start to curl underneath his or her body. With that said, your baby’s length from the top of it’s Read more…
How big is my baby? At 9 weeks pregnant, you baby is still quite tiny, only about an inch long. While that tail we talked about during week 7 is completely gone now, other features are starting to become visible. Those tiny little arms and legs now have little tiny Read more…
How big is my baby? At 8 weeks pregnant, while your baby is continuing to grow, that tail we talked about last week is starting to shrink. At about 3/4 of an inch, the most noticeable part of your baby is it’s head. For a large part of your early Read more…
My baby has a what? Once you are 7 weeks pregnant, among other features, your baby has a short tail! Don’t worry, he or she won’t be born with it – it’s just a normal stage in spinal cord development. As early as seven weeks, you baby is starting to Read more…
How big is my baby? Compared to last week, at 6 weeks pregnant your baby is about four times the size, about 1/4 of an inch or 6 millimeters. While this is still quite small, this is a relatively huge gain in only seven days. At this point, there are Read more…
How big is my baby? Your baby is constantly growing from the start of your pregnancy to the very end. At 5 weeks pregnant, your baby is about the size of a sesame seed – about 1/16th of an inch or 1.5 millimeters. Within that tiny little body, your baby’s Read more…
I think I just missed my period! At 4 weeks pregnant, you’ve probably just missed your first period, although if you are trying to get pregnant, you’re probably not “missing” it as much as you are celebrating. At this point, you can take your first home pregnancy test to see Read more…
So, am I pregnant now? At 3 weeks pregnant, your egg has been fertilized by your partner’s sperm, but it still has a ways to travel before it establishes a pregnancy. It’s most likely that several sperm tried to fertilize your egg, but it’s only possible for one sperm cell Read more…
Am I really pregnant yet? At 2 weeks pregnant, you’re still not quite pregnant, but you are getting closer. During week two, you are ovulating and it’s after this point that you have the opportunity to become pregnant. That doesn’t mean that you have to wait to have sex until Read more…
Congratulations! You’re 1 week pregnant! One of the best kept secrets about this first week of pregnancy is that you are not really pregnant just yet. Isn’t that the craziest thing you’ve ever heard? Here’s how it works: Every woman becomes pretty aware of when she is having her period, Read more…