Morning sickness
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First trimester
Week 11 of pregnancy
Your baby is the size of a fig. It can stretch, yawn and get hiccups, though you cannot feel it yet.
Your baby is the size of a fig
- Length, head to bottom
- ≈ 4.1 cm
- Weight
- ≈ 7 g
Your baby this week
- The baby stretches, turns and sometimes has hiccups.
- The head is still about half the length of the body.
- The external genitals begin to form, but usually cannot be told apart on a scan yet.
Your body this week
- For some women nausea starts to ease; for others it lasts a few more weeks.
- Your skin may become oilier and you may get spots.
- The first scan, which dates the pregnancy, is usually done between weeks 11 and 14.
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General information written by the mam.al editors. Every pregnancy is different and sizes are averages; it does not replace advice from your doctor or midwife. Sources include the NHS week-by-week guide to pregnancy. NHS. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.