WOW! This is just crazy. My baby has been growing inside me for 4 weeks. I know some people get confused by this. So I'm going to explain real quick the difference in the Gestational age (menstrual age) and Ovulatory age (Fertilization age) or as I call it the baby age.
Gestational age (menstrual age) - Begins from the first day of your last period, which is actually about 2 weeks before you conceive. This is the age most doctors use to discuss your pregnancy. The average length of pregnancy is 40 weeks.
Ovulatory age (fertilization age/baby age) Begins the day you conceive. the average length of pregnancy is 38 weeks or 266 days.
Doctors use Gestational age because it is easier to detect the first day of your last period. Rather than trying to pin point when sperm meets egg.
So this week the baby is starting to look like a being... not a human being...more like something our of a science magazine. Sorry baby!! It's true. I love you anyway.
Baby's heart has started beating and can be seen on an ultrasound, and brain is starting to form. The eyes are also starting to form, and limb buds appear.
I hope our baby has it's Daddy's beautiful blue eyes!
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