Week 7

What’s happening this week

Your baby…

• is about the size of a gummy bear
• digestive tract and lungs are continuing to form
• face is gaining definition – mouth, nostrils, ears and eyes
• the arm bud that developed last week now has a hand on the end of it
• the genital tubercle is present but gender is not distinguishable by sight.

You…

• may be on an emotional rollercoaster; up one minute and down the next
• face may break out in spots due to increased hormone levels
• flushing of face/hands due to an increased blood supply may occur
• your cervix now has a mucus plug which has formed to seal off the uterus for protection
• may experience some breast heaviness.