Pregnancy Month 2

Your baby’s facial features continue to develop. Each ear begins as a little fold of skin at the side of the head. Tiny buds that eventually grow into arms and legs are forming. Fingers, toes and eyes are also forming.

The neural tube (brain, spinal cord and other neural tissue of the central nervous system) is well formed now. The digestive tract and sensory organs begin to develop too. Bone starts to replace cartilage.

Your baby’s head is large in proportion to the rest of its body at this point. At about 6 weeks, your baby’s heart beat can usually be detected.
After the 8th week, your baby is called a fetus instead of an embryo.

By the end of the second month, your baby is about 2.5cm long and weighs about 9.5grams.