What is this tool for?
Click
here to learn how a tiny embryo grows into a baby. You'll also
find links to helpful medical information.
You can use this tool
to discover the amazing changes that happen during a pregnancy. Get a close-up
peek at the early embryo. See how much a growing fetus changes every few weeks.
Read about what’s new every month.
If you have medical decisions
to make during pregnancy, you may have to know what stage of growth your fetus
is in. For each month, this tool links you to helpful information about
testing, healthy pregnancy choices, premature birth, and labor and
delivery.
What should I keep in mind?
Every baby is different.
Every fetus is different. The images we show you may not be your skin color or
your fetus's exact size. But they do tell you a lot about what happens over the
course of a pregnancy.
This tool links you to information about
prenatal tests. Some of these tests are new and not available everywhere. For
example, you might not have chorionic villus sampling or nuchal fold ultrasound
in your town. The good news it that you still have excellent options, such as
triple or quad screening.
What's next?
If you have any worries about your
pregnancy, be sure to talk to your doctor or nurse-midwife. For more
information, see the topics
Pregnancy,
Birth Defects Testing, and
Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Period.
Sources:
Moore KL, Persaud TVN (2008). The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 8th ed. Philadelphia:
Saunders.
Campbell S (2004). Watch Me Grow! New York: St. Martin's Press.
References
Other Works Consulted
- Campbell S (2004). Watch Me Grow! New York: St. Martin's Press.
Credits
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Author
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Sandy Jocoy, RN |
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Editor
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Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
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Associate Editor
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Pat Truman, MATC |
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Primary Medical Reviewer
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Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine |
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Specialist Medical Reviewer
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William Gilbert, MD - Perinatology |
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Last Updated
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July 29, 2009 |
