Interactive Tool: From Embryo to Baby in 9 Months

What's next?

If you have any worries about your pregnancy, be sure to talk to your doctor or nurse-midwife. For more information, see the topics Pregnancy, Birth Defects Testing, and Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Period.

Sources:

Moore KL, Persaud TVN (2003). Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders.

Campbell S (2004). Watch Me Grow! New York: St. Martin's Press.

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Author:	Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH	Last Updated: November 30, 2006
Medical Review:	Renée M. Crichlow, MD - Family Medicine Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology
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