Embryo 12 weeks

At the third month of gestation, the overall well-being of a future mother suffering from toxicosis is significantly improved. The embryo's yellow body has already performed its functions, and the embryo at the 12th week of pregnancy can "boast" of an almost fully formed placenta starting to fulfill its intended purpose.

The increasing size of the embryo at 12 weeks leads to the fact that the weight of a woman is steadily increasing. Approximate indicators of the increase in body weight are about 500 - 600 grams per week, which is absolutely normal. Developing within the mother's womb, a new life requires the maximum return from all its organs and systems.

Ultrasound of the human embryo at the 12th week of gestation

Usually at this time the woman first gets acquainted with her, not yet born, heir, what happens through ultrasound. The doctor specifies the size of the human embryo at 12 weeks of pregnancy, the place of attachment, the date of birth and other important parameters. It is this analysis that gives a chance to reveal the defects and anomalies of the child's development, which will become decisive for his further existence.

The size of the fetus or embryo at the 12th week of gestation

The baby is already grown up: its length from the coccyx to the crown is about 6 to 9 centimeters, while the weight can reach 14 grams. The kid has almost completely completed his formation, bodies and systems develop and fulfill their mission. Already there are separate fingers with marigolds, there is a fluff on the location of the eyebrows and cilia.

The fruit can even grimace a little, open and close the mouth, swim freely and make somersaults in the surrounding amniotic waters. By the way, the intestine can occasionally contract, the liver produces bile, the thyroid gland produces iodine, the kidneys, the heart and the nervous system fully fulfill their duties. The immune system of the fetus is improved, leukocytes appear.

At this stage of the doctors I am interested in many fetometric data of the child, such as: the embryo CTR at 12 weeks of gestation, the circumference of his abdomen, the weight of the fetus, the BDP, the ratio of the length of the hip and the head circumference to the abdominal circumference, the volume of the amniotic fluid and so on. Usually the results are explained to the future mother after the ultrasound session, but if this did not happen, you can get all the information that is exciting you from your obstetrician.