Your baby is now officially an embryo and is about the size of a poppy seed.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/4-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
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LMNS WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
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This website was designed by See Green, with content developed by the Humber and North Yorkshire Local Maternity and Neonatal System.
We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.
For example, that means you should be able to:
Zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver).
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
How accessible this website is.
We use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for all layouts.
No tables are used for layout purposes.
We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible.
Some background and foreground colours do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
You cannot modify the line height or spacing of text.
However, by using our ReachDeck toolbar you should be able to:
Focus on reading one passage at a time using a screen mask
Create a simplified view of any webpage
Display word meaning through the picture dictionary
Have any text read out loud when you hover over it or highlight a paragraph
Translate any text into 99 different languages.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not addressed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact hny.lms@nhs.net
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) .
We are committed to making our website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 11/04/2023.
It was last reviewed on 11/04/2023.
Your baby is now officially an embryo and is about the size of a poppy seed.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/4-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
Your baby is now the size of a kidney bean and weighs 1g.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/8-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
Welcome to the second trimester!
Your baby is about the size of a small lime and weighs approximately 14g.
You have hopefully seen your midwife for your 'booking in' appointment, if you have not yet seen a midwife please make an appointment quickly, so you can have all of your choices about screening tests explained and offered to you.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/12-weeks-pregnant/ for more information. You can also link to the 'Pregnancy Journey' area here.
Your baby is about the size of an avocado and weighs approximately 100g.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/16-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
Your baby has grown in length and is now the length of a small banana and weighs approximately 300g. Around this time you will be offered your '20 week' scan, also known as the 'anatomy' or 'anomaly' scan.Click here for more information about screening.
This is a also a good time to talk and sing to your bump as your baby can now hear sounds. This is great way for you and your partner/family to bond with your baby.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/20-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
Your baby has grown again to the approximate length of an ear of sweetcorn and weighs about 600g.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/24-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
Welcome to the third trimester!
Your baby is now approximately the weight of an aubergine; about 1kg and approximately 37cm in length.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/28-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
Your baby now weighs approximately the same as a coconut; around 1.5kg.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/32-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
Your baby is now around the same size as a lettuce, approximately 47cm long and weighs around 2.6kg.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/36-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
Your baby is now the weight of a small watermelon which is approximately 3.3kg and around 50cm in length.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/40-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.