Week 8

At week eight many women start to feel as though the pregnancy is progressing and although you will not have much of a belly yet, you may notice that your clothes dont fit quite as well as they once did!Your baby is now 5/8 of an inch long, about the size of a kidney bean. He's constantly moving and shifting, although you won't be able to feel these womb wiggles for several weeks yet, not until closer to 16 weeks. You may however, be able to pick up the baby's heartbeat using a fetal doppler (heartbeat monitor). Bones and joints this week have many things going on. Elbows appear and the process of ossification (hardening of the bones) begins. Toe rays become present, almost ready for you to count! Your baby is the size of a kidney bean.