Your Pregnancy

TOP 10 FOETUS FACTS

1 YOUR FOETUS HAS TEETH!

Although most babies are born completely toothless, your little one’s pearly whites already start developing from nine to 14 weeks. It’s the beginning of her milk teeth, which will probably only start appearing from four to six months after birth.

In exceptional cases (estimated at about one out of every 2 000 babies), a baby surprises her parents when she arrives with a tooth already visible.

Sometimes it’s a normal milk tooth and other times an extra tooth that later falls out.

2 BABY IS BLIND AS A BAT FOR THREE MONTHS

Your little one’s eyes already

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