Baby Size
Week 14

Your Baby is the Size of a Lemon

Week 14

Lemon

Length

8.7 cm / 3.4 in

Weight

43 g / 1.5 oz

Your baby can now make facial expressions including squinting and frowning, as the facial muscles become more developed.

Development at Week 14

At 14 weeks, your baby's thyroid gland is mature and beginning to produce hormones independently. Lanugo — a fine, downy hair — is starting to cover the body to help regulate temperature. The roof of the mouth is fully formed, and the intestines, which were temporarily in the umbilical cord, have migrated back into the abdominal cavity.

Next week

At week 15, your baby will be the size of a Apple.
See Week 15

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