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Baby

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    Weeks 1-2

    No development.
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    Weeks 2-3

    -Conception
    -Zygote turns into a blastocyst and travels down the fallopian tube
    -Rapid cell division
    -Blastocyst implants in the uterus lining during week 4 and becomes embryos
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    Weeks 5-6

    -Neural tube closes;brain and spinal cord form
    -Heart, organs, and bones start to form
    -Develop head and trunk
    -Arms and limb buds appear
    -Brain begins to develop
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    Week 6
    week 6 developed baby.
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    Weeks 7-8

    -Brain and face shape begin growing
    -Fingers and toes begin to form
    -Ears begins to develop internally
    -Lip and nose has formed
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    Week 10

    -Head is half the size of the baby
    -All body parts are present
    -Eyes, ears, arms, and legs are identified
    -Baby is 1 1/4 inches long
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    Week 11

    -Genitals develop
    -Head is about half the length of the baby
    -Teeth buds form
    -Baby is 2 inches in length
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    Week 11
    week 11 developed baby.
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    Week 12

    -Fingernails grow
    -Face has a more defined profile
    -Intestines are in abdomen
    -About 2 1/2 inches in length
  • Week 12

    Week 12
    Week 12 developed baby.
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    Week 14

    -Baby's sex will be apparent
    -Baby can swallow
    -Baby can make urine
    -Baby is about 3 1/2 inches
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    Week 16

    -Baby is moving but mother cannot feel it
    -Baby is about 4 1/2 inches in length
    -Baby weighs about 4 ounces
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    Weeks 18-19

    -Baby begins to hear
    -Digestive system works
    -Vernix caseosa covers the baby
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    Week 18
    18 week developed baby
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    Weeks 20-21

    -Regular sleep and wake up patterns
    -All organ structures are formed
    -Baby is 6 1/3 inches long
    -baby may begin to suck thumb
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    Week 20
    week 20 development.
  • Week 22

    Week 22
    22 week developed baby.
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    Week 22

    -Baby has fingerprints, eyebrows, lashes, maybe some hair
    -Baby is more active
    -Heartbeat with a stethoscope
    -Baby is about 7 1/2 inches long
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    Week 24

    -Wrinkly skin, translucent and pinkish
    -Lung development
    -Regular sleep and wake patterns
    -Baby is about 8 inches in length
  • Week 24

    Week 24
    week 24 developed baby.
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    Weeks 28-29

    -Eyes begin to partially open
    -Lungs are capable of breathing air
    -Baby begins to kick/stretch
    -Baby is about 16 inches in length
  • Week 28

    Week 28
    Week 28 developed baby
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    Weeks 31-32

    -Finished most major development
    -Rapid weight gain begins
    -Lanvgo starts to fall off
    -Baby is about inches in length
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    Week 34

    -Continues to grow finger and toe nails
    -Develops breathing motion
    -Responds to light
    -Skin is pink and smooth
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    Weeks 36-37

    -Takes up most of the amniotic
    -Starts to turn head down
    -Baby is about 13 1/2 in length
    -Will continue to gain 1/2 lbs a week until birth
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    Weeks 38-40

    same as weeks 36-37 until baby is born
  • Week 40

    Week 40
    Week 40 developed baby