Week by week / First trimester

Week 8

Your baby is about the size of a kidney bean. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.

Size right now

A kidney bean

1.6 cm / 0.6 in, 1 g / 0 oz

Length: 1.6 cm / 0.6 in
Weight: 1 g / 0 oz
Trimester: First
To go: 32 weeks

The baby

Fingers and toes are separating. The tail is gone. The baby moves constantly now, though you cannot feel any of it.

You

Your uterus has roughly doubled in size. Clothes feel tight at the waist well before there is anything to show.

This week

First prenatal appointment is often around now, bring the date of your last period

Ask about which over the counter medicines are fine

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