{"id":69,"date":"2022-08-29T09:21:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T09:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pregmed.org\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2022-08-29T09:26:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T09:26:30","slug":"6-weeks-pregnant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pregmed.org\/pregnancy-week-by-week\/6-weeks-pregnant","title":{"rendered":"6 Weeks Pregnant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The baby remains most susceptible to factors that can hamper normal growth between the 17th and 56th day of development [1]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Facial and Sensory Organ Development:<\/strong> Your baby still looks like a tiny tadpole [1]<\/sup>; but, this is the week when his cheeks, jaw, chin, nose and the limb buds start to form. The passages of the inner ear begin to develop during the sixth week [2]<\/sup>. The forebrain develops a hollow stalk on each side and forms two small cups, which later become the eyeballs [3]<\/sup>. Inside the cups, skin cells start turning into the lens and cornea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Neural Tube Development:<\/strong> At the same time, the neural tube connecting the brain and spinal cord closes. The head end of this tube develops into the brain while the other end forms the spinal cord [3]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n