Week 11

What’s happening this week

Your baby…

  • now measures about the diameter of a pingpong ball, approximately 4 cm
  • weighs about 7 grams
  • head is about 1/2 size of your baby!
  • fingernails appear
  • pancreas is producing insulin and the kidneys are producing urine
  • maybe able to hear your baby’s heartbeat at an antenatal visit.

You…

  • may notice an increase in perspiration
  • placental blood vessels increasing in size and number to provide more nutrients
  • may have bleeding gums.