You are now in 5th week of your pregnancy and the fetal age is 4 weeks, 2 days.
In this pregnancy week ...- The gastrointestinal tract, spinal cord, heart, brain, blood and blood vessel begins to form.
- The embryo is about the size of an orange seed or a nail-head and can just be seen on an ultrasound. It is now possible to differentiate between the head and the tail of your baby.
- Baby's heart begins to beat.
- The baby looks like a tadpole and has a primitive heart which has already started beating and circulating blood around its little body.
- Your baby's brain and spinal cord are forming but are still open.
- Baby will grow to average length of about ¼ inch or 4 to 6 mm Crown to Rump (CR) towards the ends of this week.
First trimester starts on very first day of your last menstrual cycle on 01-Apr-2025 and ends on 24-Jun-2025
Second trimester is from 25-Jun-2025 to 07-Oct-2025
While Third trimester begins 08-Oct-2025 onwards.
The expected date of birth of your baby is 06-Jan-2026, however depending upon fetal growth and your age, the baby may be born between 23-Dec-2025 and 13-Jan-2026.
Note: Information provided above is for general education only, growth of baby inside womb depends upon many factor and growth of your baby may differ slightly than indicated above, please seek medical advice whenever in doubt.
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