Your developing baby – week 11

by Kaiser Permanente |
Fetus at week 11, illustration

Your growing baby is around 2 inches long and is about the size of a fig. Their body is starting to straighten and get longer. Your baby’s moving around a lot, although you probably don’t feel it yet.

Your baby's:

  • Blood vessels are getting larger. To keep enough nutrients flowing, more blood vessels are also growing in the placenta.
  • Face continues to develop this week. Ears are nearly in place on the sides of the head. A tongue has formed in the baby’s mouth.
  • Head remains large, about half of the entire size of the body.
  • Nipples appear on the chest.
  • Fingers and toes are completely separate and no longer webbed.
  • Sex organs continue to develop.
  • The kidneys begin to make urine.

 

This article has been created by a national group of Kaiser Permanente ob-gyns, certified nurse-midwives, pediatricians, lactation consultants and other specialists who came together to provide you with the best pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and newborn information.

Some of the content is used and adapted with permission of The Permanente Medical Group.

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