Week by week / First trimester
Week 6
Your baby is about the size of a lentil. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A lentil
0.6 cm / 0.2 in
- Length
- 0.6 cm / 0.2 in
- Trimester
- First
- To go
- 34 weeks
The baby
A heartbeat is usually visible on an early ultrasound, around 110 beats per minute. Arm and leg buds appear. The face begins with dark spots where the eyes will be.
You
Nausea often peaks somewhere between now and week 9. It is not confined to mornings, which is one of the great misnomers.
This week
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