You have reached the 12th week of pregnancy and entered the 3rd month. The development of your baby during pregnancy week by week continues to excite you. So how much is a 12-week baby? Can 12-week baby movements be felt? Can you tell the sex of a 12-week baby?

The answers to your questions about the 12th week of pregnancy were given by Prof. Dr. Erkut Attar, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yeditepe University Hospitals and IVF Specialist.

How Big is a 12-Week Baby?

The head-to-butt length is about 5.4 cm and weighs 14 g and is the size of a plum.

Baby Development at 12 Weeks of Pregnancy

The skeleton is made of a solid tissue called cartilage. The bones are not fully hardened and are cartilage. From now on it will start to turn into bone, starting with the skull and long bones. Every day your baby looks more and more human. Its earlobes are forming, although its eyes are still wide and its ears are low on the sides of its head. It is also gaining some of the skills it will need after it is born. This week it can close its tiny fingers to make a fist!

Can a 12-Week Baby Movements be Felt?

Your baby's reflexes are getting stronger and when you have an ultrasound, you can see it or its fidgeting. Although your baby is getting stronger every day, you will not feel it moving for a few more weeks.

Can 12 weeks reveal the gender?

All your baby's organs, muscles, limbs, and bones are in place and the genitals are well-developed this week. The herniation of the physiological intestines (omphalocele), which was visible by ultrasound until this week, has been corrected and the intestines have entered back into the abdomen.

Image of a 11-13 Weeks-Old Baby

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• Are Fatigue and Stress Dangerous?

Stress is a condition that should be handled separately during pregnancy. Adaptation to the increasing hormone levels within the physiology of pregnancy is a period in which the expectant mother is more sensitive and her mood is more variable. The expectant mother can get angry easily because she has future concerns about her pregnancy. Even a simple problem in her tests can negatively affect both her and those around her. She may be easily vulnerable, she may cry, and she may have anxiety that she does not know the cause of. These are the times when she needs support the most. Stress may cause the mother to reduce her self-care, disrupt her treatment, and blame herself unnecessarily in unfavorable circumstances. For all these reasons, she may not be able to feel the happiness of being a mother due to unpleasantness at a time when she would actually enjoy it for herself and her family.