Day 1: Conception - a unique human life begins
3 weeks: Heart beats with baby's own blood
6 weeks: Brainwaves detected
8 weeks: Baby is kicking, fingerprints form
9 weeks: Baby can hear, turn head, and frown, hiccup, and react to loud noises
11 weeks: All bodily systems are functioning. Baby can grasp, yawn, suck and swallow, as well as feel and smell
12 weeks: Bodily parts that enable pain sensation are in place
13 to 15 weeks: A baby's taste buds resemble a mature adult's. The baby tastes the flavours of its mother's meals through the amniotic fluid
20 weeks: Baby can recognise its mother's voice
21 weeks: Babies born at this stage are sometimes saved
28 weeks: Baby breathes amniotic fluid, moves and kicks
34 weeks: Baby opens and closes eyes
38-40 weeks: Birth