Week 8 · First trimester
8 weeks pregnant
Violet
1.6 cm (0.6 in)crown to rump
The Violet (~2 cm) sits close to the earth, vivid without needing to be large. This week, its quiet color marks growth that is still mostly private.
This week, inside
The embryo is around 16 mm long, and the head has begun to uncurl. The arms and legs are lengthening, and around this time the embryo begins to be called a fetus.
What you might be noticing
Tiredness, nausea, and more frequent urination are common at week 8. Mood changes and bloating may also appear.
- Tired
- Nausea
- Peeing more
- Mood changes
- Bloating
Small things that help
Set out tomorrow's essentials tonight so the morning asks less of you. Save a color from this week—a photo, fabric swatch, or single word.
For the record
What color belongs to this chapter so far, and why?
Zohra asks one of these every week, and keeps your answer. A year from now it is the part people say they are most glad they wrote down.
Where this came from
Not sure you are at week 8? Work out your due date — or see every week’s size on one chart, and the rest of the first trimester.
Keep this week
Zohra draws this same flower in the app, at this same size, and keeps what you write beside it — with your bump photos, the letters, and the sounds from your appointments.
Zohra arrives on the App Store for iPhone shortly. Everything on this site is free to read now, with no account and no sign-up.