Significant Advances: Your Baby in the Eighth Week of Pregnancy
- Baby size 1.6 cm
- Approximate weight 1 g
- About the size of a raspberry
By the eighth week of pregnancy, your baby has grown considerably and is beginning to look more like a tiny human being. Facial structures such as the eyes, nose and mouth are clearly forming. Fingers and toes can also be distinguished, and elbows and knees begin to develop. This period is crucial since all the main organs have begun to form and develop rapidly, marking the end of the embryonic period and the beginning of the fetal period.