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How big is baby? Click through our fruit and veggie fetal development chart to find out. Learn what’s going on with baby inside the womb during every week of your pregnancy. We’ll tell you how big baby is, what’s happening with fetal development and what to expect for yourself. Now, here’s a quick preview of the average fetal development: Baby starts out as a little zygote the size of a poppyseed, but by week 6 is closer to a sweet pea, with blood starting to circulate. At week 8, your little one resembles a raspberry -- in size, at least -- with little arms and legs starting to move. During week 10, your prune’s arm joints will start to work, in week 13, your little peach’s teeth and vocal cords should appear, and in week 16, your avocado’s eyebrows, eyelashes, and hair will fill in. Your banana will have working taste buds in week 21, and by month 7, your squash’s sleeping and waking cycles will start establishing. Finally, in month 9, your full-term watermelon -- by now a totally developed baby -- will be just about ready to pop…and we have a feeling you’ll be more than ready.

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your baby, week-by-week

Weeks 3 & 4: Poppyseed

Right now your little zygote is settling into your uterus...

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Week 5: Appleseed

Average size: .13 inches**
Baby's major organs and systems are now forming...

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Week 6: Sweet Pea

Average size: .25 inches
Blood is starting to circulate...

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Week 7: Blueberry

Average size: .51 inches
Baby's brain is growing fast...

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Week 8: Raspberry

Average size: .63 inches, .04 oz.
Those little arms and little legs are moving like crazy...

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Week 9: Green Olive

Average size: .9 inches, .07 oz.
A Doppler device might pick up a heartbeat this week...

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Week 10: Prune

Average size: 1.2 inches, .14 oz.
Baby's arm joints are working, and soon the legs will too...

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Week 11: Lime

Average size: 1.6 inches, .25 oz.
Fingers and toes are no longer webbed...

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Week 12: Plum

Average size: 2.1 inches, .49 oz.
Almost all vital systems are fully formed...

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Week 13: Peach

Average size: 2.9 inches, .81 oz.
Teeth and vocal cords are appearing...

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Week 14: Lemon

Average size: 3.4 inches, 1.5 oz.
Liver, kidney, and spleen are continuing to develop...

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Week 15: Naval Orange

Average size: 4 inches, 2.5 oz.

Legs are finally longer than arms...
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Week 16: Avocado

Average size: 4.6 inches, 3.5 oz.
Eyebrows, lashes, and hair are filling in...

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Week 17: Onion

Average size: 5.1 inches, 5.9 oz.
Skeleton is hardening, and fat is accumulating...

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Week 18: Sweet Potato

Average size: 5.6 inches, 6.7 oz.
Baby's moving like crazy -- feel anything yet?

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Week 19: Mango

Average size: 6.0 inches, 8.5 oz.
Vermix caseosa is coating baby's skin... 

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Week 20: Cantaloupe

Average size: 6.5 inches, 10.6 oz.
Boy or girl, genitals are fully formed...

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Week 21: Banana

Average size: 10.5 inches ***, 12.7 oz.
Taste buds are starting to work...

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Weeks 22-24 (Month 5): Papaya

Average size: 10.5-11.8 inches, 12.7-20.8 oz.
Nipples are sprouting, and face is fully formed!

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Weeks 25-28 (Month 6): Eggplant

Average size: 13.6-14.8 inches, 1.5-2.2 lb.
Immune system is preparing for the outside world...

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Weeks 29-32 (Month 7): Squash

Average size: 15.2-16.7 inches, 2.5-3.8 lb.
Sleeping and waking cycles are establishing...

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Weeks 33-36 (Month 8): Honeydew

Average size: 17.2-18.7 inches, 4.2-5.8 lb.
Growth is slowing, and baby may soon descend...

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Weeks 37-Delivery (Month 9): Watermelon

Average size: 18.9-20.9 inches, 6.2-9.2 lb.
Full term! Baby's finally ready for the outside world...

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*Pregnancy weeks are counted from the last menstrual period.
**From week 5-20, measurements are taken from crown to rump.
***From week 21 on, measurements are taken from head to toe.

-- The Bump Editors

Oct 26, 2009

See More: 1st Trimester , 2nd Trimester , 3rd Trimester

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So my baby girl is in between being the size of a banana and a papaya.

by Dannyswifey10

My little guy is apparantley the size of an eggplant...hard to believe!

by taliment

I love to share this with my stepkids every week. It gives them an idea of how big baby brother actually is. We play a game every week to see who can guess the fruit...it keeps them involved and they like it!

by deefalvey