Today's development on the baby

Because of all the rapid development, the baby's head is now much larger than its trunk. Over the next two days, the neck and trunk will begin to straighten. (remember, prior to this point the embryonic baby has been shaped like a C) Also, within the next two days, the hand plates will develop ridges indicating where the baby's fingers and thumb will be. As the process of forming the digital rays, or ridges, continues, the baby's hands will look like the shell of a scallop. The baby now measures nearly 1/2 inch long (11-14 mm) It is so small it would fit into a walnut shell and it weighs less thean a book of matches.


"One of the obvious facts about grown-ups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child." Randall Jarrell