Week 14-16
How big is your baby?
About the size of a newborn Daschund.
The fetus now looks like a baby. It hiccups. It swallows. It pees. It has eyelids to cover its alien eyeballs.
Week 17-19
How big is your baby?
About the size of a newborn Boston Terrier.
The hiccups continue, and this is about the time the woman could start to feel movements. THE QUICKENING HAS BEGUN.
Week 20-22
How big is your baby?
About the size of a newborn border collie.
This is the age you can get an ultrasound to determine the gender of your baby with pretty good accuracy. This common (but not actually routine) procedure is, of course, one of the most recognized parts of pregnancy because its so often featured on TV/movies.
Alas, week 22 is when your fetus finally looses its tail. (Well, for most babies that is).
I love how the size of the fetus is compared to puppies.
ReplyDeleteIf you baby is born with a tail I will absolutely post pictures of it on my blog and discuss it at length (pun completely intended) with every doctor and medical student I know.
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