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nicole’s Pregnancy Calendar |
Ready for Birth
40 Weeks
My thighs are about three inches long and I am ready to go...
My thighs are about three inches long and I am ready to go...
Fetal Respiratory Rate
39 Weeks
I practice my breathing about 70% of the time...
I practice my breathing about 70% of the time...
Exposure to Loud Noise
38 Weeks
I deserve an award for passing the 50 million heart beat milestone...
I deserve an award for passing the 50 million heart beat milestone...
Firm Hand Grasp
37 Weeks
My hand grasp is firm because I'm getting stronger every day...
My hand grasp is firm because I'm getting stronger every day...
Flavor Preferences
36 Weeks
My feet are now 15 times their length when I was a full-grown embryo...
My feet are now 15 times their length when I was a full-grown embryo...
Alveoli Formation
35 Weeks
My weight is up around 2,500 grams (about 5½ pounds)...
My weight is up around 2,500 grams (about 5½ pounds)...
Rapid Brain Growth
34 Weeks
My lifetime supply of filtration units in my kidneys is now present. I am unable to grow them ever again...
My lifetime supply of filtration units in my kidneys is now present. I am unable to grow them ever again...
Behavioral States
33 Weeks
My brain weighs about 200 grams (a little less than ½ pound)...
My brain weighs about 200 grams (a little less than ½ pound)...
Breathing Movements
32 Weeks
My foot is almost 2½ inches long (about 6 cm)—and I have two of them...
My foot is almost 2½ inches long (about 6 cm)—and I have two of them...
Fetus Appears Less Wrinkled
31 Weeks
After 40 million heartbeats, do I need a tuneup...
After 40 million heartbeats, do I need a tuneup...
Sound Discrimination
30 Weeks
My breathing motions are getting deeper and deeper and taking longer and longer...
My breathing motions are getting deeper and deeper and taking longer and longer...
Response to Light
29 Weeks
My head is as big as a softball...
My head is as big as a softball...
Sense of Smell
28 Weeks
My sniffer is working! What's that smell...
My sniffer is working! What's that smell...
Somersaults
27 Weeks
My thigh bone (femur) is about two inches long (about 5 cm)...
My thigh bone (femur) is about two inches long (about 5 cm)...
Fetal Respiratory Rate
26 Weeks
Sometimes I practice fast breathing motions (up to 44 times per minute)...
Sometimes I practice fast breathing motions (up to 44 times per minute)...
Blink-Startle Response
25 Weeks
My brain weighs about 100 grams (a little less than ¼ of a pound)...
My brain weighs about 100 grams (a little less than ¼ of a pound)...
Age of Viability
24 Weeks
My heart beat count has passed 30 million beats...
My heart beat count has passed 30 million beats...
Skin and Hair
23 Weeks
My weight is up around 500 grams (about 1 pound, 2 ounces)...
My weight is up around 500 grams (about 1 pound, 2 ounces)...
Responds to Sound
22 Weeks
My head keeps growing. It is now the size of a tennis ball...
My head keeps growing. It is now the size of a tennis ball...
Circadian Rhythms
21 Weeks
If I am a girl, my ovaries now contain all the “eggs†I will ever have...
If I am a girl, my ovaries now contain all the “eggs†I will ever have...
Vernix Caseosa
20 Weeks
My sweat glands have arrived...
My sweat glands have arrived...
Bronchial Tree
19 Weeks
My heart has now beat more than 20 million times...
My heart has now beat more than 20 million times...
Hormonal Stress Response
18 Weeks
My teeth are growing enamel all over the surface for protection...
My teeth are growing enamel all over the surface for protection...
Blood Cells and Bone Marrow
17 Weeks
My belly is making digestive enzymes to break down food. Thank you belly...
My belly is making digestive enzymes to break down food. Thank you belly...
Quickening
16 Weeks
Girls my age have noticeably more jaw movement than boys...
Girls my age have noticeably more jaw movement than boys...
Responds to Touch
15 Weeks
My glands are making more and more hormones all the time...
My glands are making more and more hormones all the time...
Taste Buds
14 Weeks
Growth spurt! My weight increased 60% this past week...
Growth spurt! My weight increased 60% this past week...
Nose and Lips
13 Weeks
I'm making all kinds of fancy facial expressions...
I'm making all kinds of fancy facial expressions...
Eyes Roll, Yawns
12 Weeks
My weight increased more than 75% just this week...
My weight increased more than 75% just this week...
Sucking and Swallowing
11 Weeks
I open my mouth and can even move my tongue...
I open my mouth and can even move my tongue...
Spontaneous Movement
10 Weeks
I breathe in and out once in a while, even without air...
I breathe in and out once in a while, even without air...
Fingers and Toes
9 Weeks
My heart is almost complete...
My heart is almost complete...
Hand Movement
8 Weeks
If my face is touched, I turn away...
If my face is touched, I turn away...
Hand Plates and Cartilage
7 Weeks
I have a really big head—it's one third of me...
I have a really big head—it's one third of me...
The Heart in Action
6 Weeks
I am floating inside the amnion...
I am floating inside the amnion...
The Folding of the Embryo
5 Weeks
The three main sections of my brain are here...
The three main sections of my brain are here...
Amnion and Germ Layers
4 Weeks
The cells that will someday give rise to my own eggs or sperm are already present...
The cells that will someday give rise to my own eggs or sperm are already present...
The Morula and Blastocyst
Cell Division