Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Baby Size and Development: Week 5

I'm hoping to make this a weekly thing.

This is how big our baby is at 5 weeks. He/she is about the size of an apple seed. (I'll have the 6 week one up in a few days)

This week in baby development:

The embryo is starting to form major organs (heart, kidney, liver, stomach) and systems (nervous, circulatory, digestive). Baby's presence in the uterus triggers production of hCG, which triggers production of other hormones like estrogen and progesterone, which trigger all the wonderful symptoms I've been having (which I'm LOVING, by the way, they reassure me that everything is going good).

1 comment:

Crystal Turner said...

And it's a little alien!! :D It looks like the big Alien off of Alien vs. Predator at this stage!