Week 10

Your baby right now is just around an inch long, from crown to bottom and still weighs less than quarter of an ounce. But this is the time, when you baby has crossed the most critical period of development. This is the onset of the very important fetal development period – a time when the varied organs and tissues of your baby’s body are going to continuously mature and grow. While creating a storm inside you, your little angel is now swallowing fluids. He or she is growing and developing his vital organs, such as intestines, brains, liver and kidneys. The red blood cells are getting developed in the place of yolk sac, which is soon going to disappear, but will continue to develop all throughout your pregnancy. As per the 10th week of pregnancy, inside your womb are a few minute emerging details of your baby, such as tiny nails forming on the baby’s hands and legs - the webbing has completely ended. The baby also has peach-fuzz hair growing on his or her tender skin. Moreover, your baby can now bend his or her limbs. Interestingly, your baby’s hands are flexed over at the wrist while touching his or heart. Imagine those tiny legs are now long enough to meet in front of the body, super awesome, eh? As far as other bodily developments are concerned, now the outline of his spine is pretty much visible all throughout that paper-like, transparent skin. The spinal nerves are stretching out from his spinal cord and his or her forehead is now big enough to bulge out as the developing brain is sitting high on his head. The head can be as huge as half a length of his or her body. Right from crown to the rump, in a total height of 1/4th inches, your baby’s bones are even getting developed in a fast and furious manner. Your baby is set on the stage to take a human shape now and he or she is developing cartilages and bones, including knees and ankles. He or she has teeny-tiny arms, complete with elbow, which can be flexed. Not only this, the tooth bud fairy has been kind on your baby and he or she is all set to greet the little teeth that are forming beneath the gums. But be rest assured those pearly whites won’t grow up until your tiny tot is nearly six months old. His or her digestive system is also producing good amount of digestive juices and the kidneys are even forming large quantities of urine, and if he is a boy then he is all set on the track to produce testosterone already. He or she also has his little heart formed by now, which is beating at least two to three times faster than yours. If you ever see your baby on an ultrasound, you will see how by the 10th week of your pregnancy, your little bundle of mischief is creating jerky movements and bobbing about!