Ten interesting (we hope) facts about your baby’s life in the womb.
- It is likely that your partner is not actually pregnant until week four of the pregnancy – the pregnancy meter starts from the last day of your partner’s period not when she first becomes pregnant.
- At ten weeks pregnant your little one is now known as a foetus and is one inch long already. From now till your baby is born they will increase in size by nearly 1000 times.
- At 17 weeks your baby is similar size to a hamster.
- At 22 weeks your little one looks like a miniature newborn and blood is traveling through his or her umbilical cord at four miles an hour!
- During week 26 your baby’s ears are fully formed and can start to detect sound, in a few weeks your baby will be responsive to noises.
- Your baby can smell and taste at 28 weeks.
- At 30 weeks your baby is surrounded by one and a half pints of amniotic fluid and is between 15-17 inches long. He will only grow a few more inches although he will put lots of weight on.
- At 32 weeks your baby is beginning to practice breathing.
- From 34 weeks some believe that baby can dream.
- From 37 weeks your baby starts to make pooh in their intestines.