Congratulations on your pregnancy! With your hormones slowly taking over your mind and body, it is time for you to stay relaxed and have a positive outlook towards the growing fetus in your womb. By this time, you might already be experiencing the early pregnancy symptoms such as morning sickness, nausea, backache, etc. where as the little embryo inside you has started developing and growing at a galloping speed. So, here is a week-by-week pregnancy description, right from the time you start your ovulation till the week you deliver your baby.

Pregnancy Week-By-Week
Pregnancy Week-By-Week

First Trimester

The first trimester of your pregnancy begins soon after your last menstrual cycle. After the process of fertilization and implantation occurs, the embryo which is currently just a two layered ball of cells, starts undergoing development at a rapid speed, developing the various parts of your baby. The major developments taking place during this trimester include, formation and functioning of heart, earlobes, eyes, eyelids, nose, hands, legs, intestine, brain, lungs, and more.


1 and 2 Weeks Pregnant
1 and 2 Weeks Pregnant

1 and 2 Weeks Pregnant

This week you are not yet pregnant, but almost getting prepared for pregnancy. You will ovulate and your egg will meet the sperms for fertilization.

 

 


 

3 Weeks Pregnant - Blastocyst
3 Weeks Pregnant – Blastocyst

3 Weeks Pregnant

Congratulations! Your small egg has successfully fertilized with a sperm and formed a blastocyst, a ball of hundred cells, growing an multiplying at high rate.

 

 


 

4 Weeks Pregnant Embryo
4 Weeks Pregnant Embryo

4 Weeks Pregnant

Your little baby is now made of two layers, while the primitive placenta is developing in the womb to provide nutrition to you baby for 9 months.

 

 


 

5 Weeks Pregnant
5 Weeks Pregnant

5 Weeks Pregnant

Pregnancy blues are on the cards this week. Discomfort, tiredness, sore breasts are just a few signs that you will notice currently.

 

 


 

6 Weeks Pregnant Embryo
6 Weeks Pregnant Embryo

6 Weeks Pregnant

This week, while you are busy with pregnancy symptoms like morning sickness, your baby’s ears, nose and mouth begin to take shape in you.

 

 


 

7 Weeks Pregnant Embryo
7 Weeks Pregnant Embryo

7 Weeks Pregnant

A little tadpole – this is how your baby looks like this week. The growing embryo has a small tail, with his hands and feet taking shape in this week.

 

 


 

8 Weeks Pregnant Embryo
8 Weeks Pregnant Embryo

8 Weeks Pregnant

This week, your baby’s little tail bone is almost gone and his brain is forming millions of primitive neural pathways. Also, the external genitals begin to form.

 

 


 

9 Weeks Pregnant Embryo
9 Weeks Pregnant Embryo

9 Weeks Pregnant

At 9 weeks, your baby looks more human and keeps developing at a rapid speed. This week, your little one’s heart is now 4 chambered and the valves begin to form.

 

 


 

10 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
10 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

10 Weeks Pregnant

With your baby growing rapidly, this week his body tissues and organs are growing and maturing. You baby has also started swallowing amniotic fluid this week.

 

 


 

11 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
11 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

11 Weeks Pregnant

Your baby is now busy making small movements like opening and closing his fists. The bones are also growing stronger now!

 

 


 

12 Weeks Pregnant
12 Weeks Pregnant

12 Weeks Pregnant

Every week, your baby learns new things. He will now learn to open and close his tiny fingers while his mouth makes sucking movements.

 

 


 

13 Weeks Pregnant
13 Weeks Pregnant

13 Weeks Pregnant

This week your baby’s fingerprints are developing which form his unique identity for life. Also, the skin of your baby is very thin, giving you a glimpse of his organs and blood vessels.

 

 


Second Trimester

As you enter into your second trimester, your baby is almost 3 1/2 inches in length and weighs around 1 1/2 ounces. His heart pumps a major 25 quarts of blood each day and his tiny fingers develop their unique fingerprints. Your baby also has the ability to hear every sound around him, while his rubbery soft bones are now hardening by depositing a major amount of calcium each day. Your baby’s kicks and punches are the major attraction of this trimester, something that you will behold all your life.


14 Weeks Pregnant
14 Weeks Pregnant

14 Weeks Pregnant

You are now in your Second Trimester of your pregnancy. This week your baby learns how to suck his thumb, frown, squint and also pee.

 

 


 

15 Weeks Pregnant
15 Weeks Pregnant

15 Weeks Pregnant

At 15 weeks, your baby learns to pass the amniotic fluid through his respiratory tract and nose. Another important development this week is the formation of taste buds.

 

 


 

16 Weeks Pregnant
16 Weeks Pregnant

16 Weeks Pregnant

Your baby’s growth spurt is now about to increase. He will add weight and length quickly. The body looks more developed and stronger.

 

 


 

17 Weeks Pregnant
17 Weeks Pregnant

17 Weeks Pregnant

This week onwards, your little bub can move his joints as he wishes. He is growing taller each day and his sweat glands begin to develop this week.

 

 


 

18 Weeks Pregnant
18 Weeks Pregnant

18 Weeks Pregnant

Flexing his arms and legs, you can now experience your baby’s movements more clearly this week onwards. The nerve cells now form a myelin sheath around them.

 

 


 

19 Weeks Pregnant
19 Weeks Pregnant

19 Weeks Pregnant

Your baby’s brain is now forming folds which will be responsible for his senses such as vision, hearing, touch, smell and taste. The body now looks more proportionate.

 

 


 

20 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
20 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

20 Weeks Pregnant

Size of a small banana, your baby this week starts developing meconium. He keeps practicing his swallowing and limb activities.

 

 


 

21 Weeks Pregnant
21 Weeks Pregnant

21 Weeks Pregnant

Kicks and punches are all that you will be experiencing now. Your baby now develops a proper sleeping and activity pattern.

 

 


 

22 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
22 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

22 Weeks Pregnant

You are 22 weeks pregnant and your little bub now has distinctive eyebrows, eyelids and lips. Tiny tooth buds are also developing in his little mouth.

 

 


 

23 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
23 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

23 Weeks Pregnant

Dance! Tap your feet and make smooth dance moves! Your little baby in this week can feel you dance and will squirm beneath your clothes in response.

 

 


 

24 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
24 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

24 Weeks Pregnant

At 24 weeks, your baby’s lungs are developing numerous respiratory branches which produce surfactant that help the baby breathe air after birth.

 

 


 

25 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
25 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

25 Weeks Pregnant

With the passing weeks, your baby is growing and maturing at a higher speed. He is also adding up weight along with length, giving him a more newborn like look.

 

 


 

26 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
26 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

26 Weeks Pregnant

This week, your baby’s ears are becoming more sensitive with the increasing network of nerves in the ears. This increases his ability to hear the sounds around him.

 

 


 

27 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
27 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

27 Weeks Pregnant

Weighing about 2 pounds, your baby this week now follows a proper sleep and wake-up pattern by closing and opening his eyes.

 

 


 

Third Trimester

This is the last trimester of your 9 month long pregnancy. As your baby enters into this trimester, he has a healthy weight of around 2 1/4 pounds. His skin which was previously wrinkled now starts to smooth out due to the depositing fat beneath his skin. The brain of your baby matures and keeps adding billions of neurons until the baby is born. It is in this last trimester that your baby develops his lustrous hair, toenails and fingernails.


28 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
28 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

28 Weeks Pregnant

You have entered the last trimester of your pregnancy! This week, your baby can see light through your womb and react to it by squirming inside.

 


 

29 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
29 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

29 Weeks Pregnant

Maturing each day, your baby now is growing bigger and consumes a large amount of your nutritional supplements, especially calcium.

 


 

30 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
30 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

30 Weeks Pregnant

Size of a cabbage, your little baby’s eyesight keeps developing this week. After birth, he can see objects kept at a few inches distance from his face.

 


 

31 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
31 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

31 Weeks Pregnant

Your baby is active, healthy and moving a lot this week onwards. He can now turn his head, legs, hands and body to the sides, disturbing your sound sleep.

 


 

32 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
32 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

32 Weeks Pregnant

With just about 7 weeks left before you deliver, your baby now gains more fat beneath his skin that allows his to survive easily after birth.

 


 

33 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
33 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

33 Weeks Pregnant

This week, your baby’s skin becomes less wrinkled due to the depositing fat beneath the skin layer. Also, the skeleton hardens making your baby stronger for birth.

 


 

34 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
34 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

34 Weeks Pregnant

As you near the last weeks of your pregnancy, your baby keeps maturing a little more each week. His nervous system and lungs mature, preparing him for a healthier life after birth.

 


 

35 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
35 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

35 Weeks Pregnant

At 35 weeks, your baby’s kidneys are fully developed and functioning. All his organs are now working in sync and perfectly.

 


 

36 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
36 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

36 Weeks Pregnant

Adding more weight to his body, your baby at 36 weeks now starts shedding his soft layer of hair and Vernix Caseosa from his body.

 


 

37 Weeks Pregnant
37 Weeks Pregnant

37 Weeks Pregnant

With your nearing due date, your baby is now getting into the birth canal head first, preparing you for birth. However, your baby is still considered as pre-mature if born before week 39.

 


 

38 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
38 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

38 Weeks Pregnant

Your little bub has matured completely and can survive easily without medical assistance outside your womb. He is strong, healthy and waiting to see the outside world.

 


 

39 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
39 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

39 Weeks Pregnant

At 39 weeks, your baby is considered full term and is ready to make his grand appearance into the outside world.

 

 


 

40 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
40 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

40 Weeks Pregnant

All set for birth, your baby now weighs almost around 7 pounds and is 20 inches long (depends on individual baby growth). You may have to rush to the hospital any time soon now!

 


 

41 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
41 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

41 Weeks Pregnant

Stay prepared for your delivery and hospital stay this week. You may experience vaginal discharge which may be a sign of labor.

 


 

42 Weeks Pregnant Fetus
42 Weeks Pregnant Fetus

42 Weeks Pregnant

Most babies are born before 42 weeks. After this week, the chances of stillbirth and injury during childbirth increase.