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.