Twelve Week Belly Pic

Twelve Weeks

The baby is the size of a plum.

The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, its toes will curl, eye muscles will clench. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. Its intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into its abdominal cavity about now, and the kidneys will begin excreting urine into the bladder. Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously.The babys face looks unquestionably human: The eyes have moved from the sides to the front of its head, and ears are right where they should be.