A Child is Born: Photographs of the foetus developing in the womb

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk Five weeks. The embryo is approximately 9mm long. A face develops, with openings for the mouth, the nostrils and eyes clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk Eight weeks. The rapidly-growing embryo is well protected in the foetal sac clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk 10 weeks. The eyelids are semi-shut. They will close completely in a few days clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk 16 weeks. The foetus uses its hands to explore its own body and its surroundings clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk The foetus can now grab and pull the long umbilical cord. The skeleton consists mainly of flexible cartridge. A network of blood vessels is visible through the thin skin clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk 18 weeks: Approximately 14cm. The foetus can now perceive sounds from the outside world clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk 20 weeks. Approximately 20cm. Woolly hair, known as lanugo, covers the entire head