What happens the 6th week? A lot!

Get ready for a growth spurt! By the end of this week our baby will have tripled in size -- to about 1/8 inch long (around the size of a bean). And her heart is now beating with a regular rhythm. It's still too faint to be picked up by my doctor's stethoscope, but if I have a sonogram at some point over the next few weeks it will probably be visible as a tiny, pulsing dot in the middle of her mini body. Fun fact: From now until birth, our baby's heart will beat about 150 times a minute -- twice the average adult rate. Her basic facial features will also start to take shape at this time, including an opening for her mouth and the beginnings of her eyes and ears. This week her brain is developing into distinct regions, and the beginnings of her stomach and lungs are starting to appear as well. All this and just the size of a bean.......wow! Amazing!