Are you a yeti?

Congratulations, the second trimester has begun! The baby is also very happy about this: she actively makes faces and smiles because her facial muscles are already sufficiently developed to do this. She constantly dances and jumps, and is already very graceful — not like in the first trimester. Her dance has become more like a ballet than a hard slam.

By the way, the posture of the baby is more like a ballerina’s too! It is hard to believe that quite recently she looked like a coiled shrimp, now her back has straightened, the neck has lengthened, and she proudly lifts her head. So it's time to follow her example and straighten your back too: it hurts more and more, right?

What is it: a boy or a girl? This week, the fetal genitals have finally formed, and she already knows exactly who she is. But you don’t yet — the baby is still too small to see anything on the ultrasound, at this point doctors can only speculate. But the ultrasound will show how your little sweet pea moves her hands (which, by the way, have become longer and more proportional) and legs and even how she sucks a finger.
Internal organs are actively working. Your child's liver begins to accumulate bile, and her spleen helps produce red blood cells. Your baby’s kidneys successfully produce urine, and she really pees right into the amniotic fluid (not very nice to think about, but what choice does she have?!). Meconium has also begun to form in the intestines — the first solid waste of the baby, which she, fortunately, will keep to herself until birth. What patience!

The baby is about the size of an orange. A hairy orange! Hard to believe? Right now, the baby's hair begins to grow, not only on her head and her eyebrows, but also all over her body. The gentle down with which the baby is covered is called lanugo, and it will warm the fetus until she accumulates subcutaneous fat. Do not worry: the newborn will not look like a yeti (maybe just a little bit). Lanugo is likely to disappear by the time she is born. However, if she decides to be born prematurely, she is likely to be a little fluffier, but soon the fluff will fall off. In the meantime, you can affectionately call your baby a fluffy yeti. ?

Measure baby:
Height (crown-to-rump) 3-3.5 in (8-8.9 cm)
Weight 0.07-0.09 Lbs. (30-40 g)