Your baby is now around 7 inches long and weighs around 5 ½ ounces.

A protective covering called myelin is beginning to form around your baby’s nerves. This covering will continue to form up until your baby’s first birthday. If you are having a little girl, her fallopian tubes and uterus have now positioned themselves into the correct place. If you are having a little boy, then his genitals may be noticed on your next ultrasound. Your baby is now making breathing movements and even hiccupping inside your womb. Later in pregnancy you may be able to feel these hiccups. As there is no air inside the womb, the baby is breathing in amniotic fluid rather than oxygen.

You should now be looking forward to your third prenatal visit. This visit consists of a few different procedures. You may be offered a regular sonogram or a level II sonogram. A level II is simply an ultrasound that looks at a particular part of the baby’s development. It allows your healthcare provider to visualize details like the chambers of the heart.

It’s likely you will also have a Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein Screening (MSAFP) or Alpha-Fetoprotein Test (AFP). MSAFP is a screening test that examines the level of alpha-fetoprotein in the mother's blood. This is not a diagnostic test. It is often part of the triple test screening that assesses whether further diagnostic testing may be needed.