Quick Summary — Pregnancy Week 8 (1st Trimester) At 8 weeks pregnant, your baby is approximately the size of a raspberry (1.6 cm, 1 g) with 224 days remaining until your estimated due date.

🧒 Baby Development

The embryo is officially becoming a fetus! Fingers and toes are no longer webbed. The eyelids are forming. The intestines are developing inside the umbilical cord. The skeleton is starting to harden from cartilage to bone.

🤰 What Mom Is Feeling

First prenatal ultrasound often happens this week! You might hear the heartbeat for the first time (150-170 bpm). Nausea, fatigue, and breast changes continue.

💡 Tips for This Week

Attend your first prenatal appointment. Discuss genetic screening options with your provider. Start your pregnancy journal!

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