Spontaneous Movement
8 weeks old / 10 weeks pregnant (since LMP)
Here’s what Baby’s baby was up to on October 8...
- Occasional breathing motions begin.
- The skin thickens and loses transparency.
- Some embryos are right-handed, some are left-handed.
- Male embryos are already making testosterone!
- The embryo floats and rolls over in the womb.
- The embryo's joints are similar to adult joints.
- The embryo has more than 4,000 body parts (adults have about 4,500).
- The embryonic period is ending. Tomorrow the fetal period begins.
- Hair is starting to grow on the brow and around the mouth.
