Week 06

A beating heart! Your baby is now 5 mm.

The little embryo in your belly has changed from a grain of rice into something that looks a lot like a tiny prawn. And instead of the fertilised egg, we now call it an embryo. This week the foundations are laid for the stomach, kidneys, lungs, bowels and blood vessels. Slowly a clear head and neck form, the eyes develop on the sides of the head and the tip of the nose appears in the middle of the face. At the end of this week your little one’s heart will start beating too! Remarkable, especially when you know that your baby is only 5 millimetres long…