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FETUS DEVELOPMENT

1ST THRU 9TH MONTHS


Click on the thumbnail pictures below to see larger view and  use arrow at right to move to 6 - 9 months

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Baby is 1/4 inch in length

Heart, digestive system, backbone and spinal cord begin to form

Placenta (sometimes called "afterbirth") begins to develop

The single fertilized egg is now 10,000 times larger than size at conception