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prenatal development- baby

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    weeks 1-2

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  • weeks 3-4

    weeks 3-4
    • conception -zygote turns into blastocyst and travels -rapid cell division begins -blastocyst implants in the uterus lining during week 4 and becomes and embryol
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    weeks 5-6

    -neral tub closes, the brain and spinal cord will form
    - heart, organs, and bones start to form
    - develop head and truck
    - brain begins development
    - eyes and ears begin to form
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    weeks 7-8

    -Brain and face shape begin growing
    -Four-chamber heart
    -lungs begin to form
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    week 22

    • has nails, fingerprints, eyebrows, lashes, and possibly some hair
    • more active
    • heartbeat heard with a stethoscope
    • lowest limit of ria
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    week 10

    • head is half
    • All body parts
    • eyes, ears, arms, and legs are identifiable
    • baby is 1 1/4 inches long
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    week 11

    • genitals develop -head is about half of the length of baby
    • teeth buds form
    • baby is about 2 inches in length and weighs about 13 ounces
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    week 12

    -fingernails grow
    -face has a more defined profile
    -intestines are in the abdomen
    - about 2 1/2 inches length & weighs about 1/2 ounces
  • week 14

    week 14
    • baby sex will become apparent
    • baby can swallow and make urine
    • baby is about 3 1/2 inches in length and weighs about 1/2 ounces
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    week 16

    -baby is moving but mom cannot feel it
    - baby is about 4 1/2 inches i length and weighs about 4 ounces
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    weeks 18-19

    • baby begins to hear
    • the digestive system works -vernix caseosa covers the baby
  • week 20-21

    week 20-21
    • regular sleep and wake patterns
    • all organs and structures formed
    • breathing movements occur but are development
    • covered in lanugo
    • may begin to suck thumb
    • baby is about 6 1/3 inches in length and weighs about 11 ounces
  • week 24

    week 24
    • wrinkly skin
    • develop a regular sleep
    • baby is about a month in length and weighs about 1/3 pounds
  • weeks 28-29

    weeks 28-29
    • eyes open and close
    • breathing and temp. control
    • lungs can breathe
    • baby kicks and streches
    • baby 20 inches and weigh 2 1/4
  • weeks 31- 32

    weeks 31- 32
    • finish major
    • rapid gain in weight
    • langue starts to fall off
    • baby 11 inches and weigh 33/4 pounds
  • week 34

    week 34
    • continue to grow fingernails and toenails
    • breathing motion
    • skin pink and smooth
    • baby 12 inches and 4 1/2
  • weeks 36-37

    weeks 36-37
    • takes up amniotic sac
    • starts to turn head and labor ready
    • baby 13 1/2 inches and 6 pounds
    • countine to gain 1/2 pound till delivery
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    weeks 38-40

    • brain, lungs, and liver developing
    • brain size x2 weeks 35 and 39
    • lung development last few weeks helps with fewer complications
    • B9, considered full term
    • weight gain helps with temperature control