Questions to ask at your 12-week scan

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. Read 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 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! Read more about this week.

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

You’re at the very beginning of the journey. You can’t see anything yet, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a whole lot going on.

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.

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.

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. Read more about it.

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.

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.