AVERAGE FETAL LENGTH AND WEIGHT CHART

Average fetal length and weight chart

From early on in pregnancy, babies grow at different rates, so these numbers are merely averages. Your baby's length and weight may differ greatly from these figures. Don't worry too much if an ultrasound indicates that your baby is much smaller orlarger. Your midwife or GP will let you know if you should worry about what size your baby is.

By full-term, your baby may end up weighing fewer than five pounds or more than nine. For the purposes of this chart, babies are measured from the crown (or top) of the head to the rump (or bottom) until about 20 weeks.

After 20 weeks, they're measured from crown to heel. This is because a baby's legs are curled up against his torso during the first half of pregnancy and very hard to measure. If you have a question about dates, see our article on how BabyCentre works out how pregnant you are.

From eight to about 20 weeks, your baby will be measured from crown to rump as below:

Pregnancy week 8 weeks 9 weeks 10 weeks 11 weeks 12 weeks 13 weeks 14 weeks 15 weeks 16 weeks 17 weeks 18 weeks 19 weeks 20 weeks

Length (inches) 0.63 inch 0.90 inch 1.22 inch 1.61 inch 2.13 inches 2.91 inches 3.42 inches 3.98 inches 4.57 inches 5.12 inches 5.59 inches 6.02 inches 6.46 inches

Weight (ounces) 0.04 ounce 0.07 ounce 0.14 ounce 0.25 ounce 0.49 ounce 0.81 ounce 1.52 ounce 2.47 ounces 3.53 ounces 4.94 ounces 6.70 ounces 8.47 ounces 10.58 ounces

Length (cm) 1.6 cm 2.3 cm 3.1 cm 4.1 cm 5.4 cm 7.4 cm 8.7 cm 10.1 cm 11.6 cm 13 cm 14.2 cm 15.3 cm 16.4 cm

Mass (g) 1 gram 2 grams 4 grams 7 grams 14 grams 23 grams 43 grams 70 grams 100 grams 140 grams 190 grams 240 grams 300 grams

AVERAGE FETAL LENGTH AND WEIGHT CHART

Then from about 20 weeks, your baby will be measured from crown to heel:

Pregnancy week 20 weeks 21 weeks 22 weeks 23 weeks 24 weeks 25 weeks 26 weeks 27 weeks 28 weeks 29 weeks 30 weeks 31 weeks 32 weeks 33 weeks 34 weeks 35 weeks 36 weeks 37 weeks 38 weeks 39 weeks 40 weeks 41 weeks 42 weeks 43 weeks

Length (inches) 10.08 inches 10.51 inches 10.94 inches 11.38 inches 11.81 inches 13.62 inches 14.02 inches 14.41 inches 14.80 inches 15.2 inches 15.71 inches 16.18 inches 16.69 inches 17.20 inches 17.72 inches 18.19 inches 18.66 inches 19.13 inches 19.61 inches 19.96 inches 20.16 inches 20.35 inches 20.28 inches 20.20 inches

Weight (ounces) 10.58 ounces 12.70 ounces 15.17 ounces 1.10 pound 1.32 pound 1.46 pound 1.68 pound 1.93 pound 2.22 pounds 2.54 pounds 2.91 pounds 3.31 pounds 3.75 pounds 4.23 pounds 4.73 pounds 5.25 pounds 5.78 pounds 6.30 pounds 6.80 pounds 7.25 pounds 7.63 pounds 7.93 pounds 8.12 pounds 8.19 pounds

Length (cm) 25.6 cm 26.7 cm 27.8 cm 28.9 cm 30 cm 34.6 cm 35.6 cm 36.6 cm 37.6 cm 38.6 cm 39.9 cm 41.1 cm 42.4 cm 43.7 cm 45 cm 46.2 cm 47.4 cm 48.6 cm 49.8 cm 50.7 cm 51.2 cm 51.7 cm 51.5 cm 51.3 cm

Mass (g) 300 grams 360 grams 430 grams 501 grams 600 grams 660 grams 760 grams 875 grams 1005 grams 1153 grams 1319 grams 1502 grams 1702 grams 1918 grams 2146 grams 2383 grams 2622 grams 2859 grams 3083 grams 3288 grams 3462 grams 3597 grams 3685 grams 3717 grams

AVERAGE FETAL LENGTH AND WEIGHT CHART