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prenatal Development

  • week 24

    • pinkish-red skin -lung development -regular sleep and wake patterns
    • baby is about 8 inches and 11 pounds
  • week 7-8

    week 7-8
    -brain and face begin growing
    -lungs
    -lips and nose
    -all major organs are developing
    -baby is about 1/2 inches
  • week 20-21

    • baby begins to hear
    • the digestive system works
    • vernix cases cover baby
  • week 22

    week 22
    -regular sleep patterns
    - all organs and structures form
    - breathing movements accrue
    - may begin to suck thumb
    - baby is about 6 1/3 inches and about 11 ounces
  • week 12

    • fingernails start to grow -more defined profiles -about 2 1/2 inches in length and weighs about 1/2 ounces
  • week 1-2

    no development
  • week 3-4

    -conception
    -rapid cell division
    -zygote turned into a blastocyst and travelled down fallopian tubes.
    -blastocyst implants in the uterus lining during week 4 and becomes the embryo
  • week 5 - 6

    -neural tube closes
    -development of head and trunk
    -arm and leg limb buds appear
    -brain and ears begin to form
    - heart continues to develop
  • week 10

    -baby's head is half the size of the baby
    -all body parts are present
    -baby is 1 1/4 inches long
  • week 16

    -baby is moving mother cant feel it
    - baby is 4 1/2 ich and about 4 ounces
  • week 28 - 29

    • eyes and begin to open and close
    • central nerves
    - baby begins to kick and scratch
  • week 31-32

    • finishes most major development -rapid weight gain
    • baby 11 inches
  • week 34

    week 34
    -continues to grow fingernails
    -developing breathing motions
    -responds to light
    - skin pink and smooth
    -baby is about 12 inches
  • second trimester week 14

    second trimester week 14
    -baby's sex will become apparent
    -baby can pee and swallow
    -baby is about 31/2 inches in length