a sweet pea
📏 Length: 0.5 cm
⚖️ Weight: 0.1 g
For you
- 🤢Your partner's morning sickness may start to appear. Be her ally: make sure she always has small snacks or crackers nearby and prepare light meals that don't have strong smells.
- 🩺This is the ideal time to schedule the first appointment with the gynecologist. Show your support by going with her and having a list of questions that concern both of you ready.
For your baby
- 💓A huge milestone: Your baby's little heart has started beating! If you have an ultrasound this week, you might be able to see that tiny flicker on the screen.
- 🧬This week, the neural tube closes and facial features begin to form, as well as the small buds that will become its limbs.
💡 Fun Fact
Your baby's heart is now beating at about 100-160 beats per minute, which is almost twice as fast as your own!
🏆 Milestones
Start of heart function and formation of basic organs.