7-Week pregnant: Development and diet

The start of your second trimester is the start of lots of new development milestones for your unborn child. Read more about this week.

A little ta-da moment for the final week of your second trimester – your darling-in-the-womb will open her eyes for the first time around now! Read more about this week.

Your child’s growth is in overdrive right about now. So many exciting developments on such a tiny little being! Read more about this week.

You might have felt a few contractions already and were wondering if that was “it”. Don’t worry, you won’t miss the start of labour! Read more about this next to last week.

There’s so much going on in your belly this week that you may want to take a little nap after reading about it! Read more about this week.

Six weeks. That’s about how long you’ve got left before you get to meet the little person growing inside you. Amazing, right? We think so. Read on to know more about this week.

Your little angel is about the size of a grapefruit! Have you felt her move or kick yet? If not, you should be able to in the next weeks! Read more about this exciting time.

Your little sweetheart still has some growing to do but as of today, he’s over 30 cm long, big enough lying down to fit on your forearm between your hand and your elbow.

About the size of a robin’s egg, your little one measures about 30 mm long. Learn more about this week.

Time’s up! If he hasn’t already, your little darling will arrive in the next few days. And then you will be a mother at last! Read more about this week.

Though the foetus now weighs around half a kilo, your little darling still has plenty of room in your belly. And likes to use it when not asleep! Read more about this week.

Things are slowing down a little in your belly now. That’s because everything is getting close to being developed! Your little one is around 45 cm long and weighs well over 2 kilos.

Though your little darling is planted deep inside you, this is the week where everything gets set up for his sense of smell. Read more about this week.

Your little one is around 35 cm long from crown to toe and already weights about 1.3 kilos, a third of her birth weight. Her feet measure nearly 6 cm – yes, they are tiny!

Two hearts beat as one, as the song says. In actual fact, your child’s heart is beating just fine on its own. Read more about this week.

If you could look inside, you may see your little angel sucking her thumb. It’s nature’s way of getting her ready to breastfeed from birth. Read more about this week.

In about a month, you’ll be holding that little bundle of joy in your arms. Until then, there’s still lots of polishing and refinement going on inside you. Read more about this week.

If you could see inside yourself and watch your growing child, you might soon see him sucking his thumb! He has finally managed to get to his mouth. Read more about this week.

As you inch your way towards the finish line – you will be giving birth in about ten weeks! – your little one is still growing by leaps and bounds, even opening her eyes wide now.