Normal Prenatal Development

If I could teach a pregnant mother it would be 1st trimester of pregnancy. I think that the 1st trimester is very important. Just knowing something grown inside of you and it’s also become a part of you. I would start talking about how the hormonal changes will affect almost every organ in your body. The swollen on her body may protrude the frequent urination, weight gain or loss and maybe an experience of discomfort. I would go to detail about how 4 weeks your baby development nervous system and heart begin to form. At 8 weeks the baby embryo to develop into a fetus. All major organs have begun to form, the sex organs begin to form and the nerves and muscles begin to work together. I would like to tell her everything she would want to know about her baby. The considering stage of a

The eye (vision), is ready by the fourth month of pregnancy. The child can know the difference between night and day.

At one month of pregnancy the baby is still any embryo and it is made up of two layers which will soon produce into body parts and organs. In the first two weeks of pregnancy a women isn’t actually pregnant because the women’s body is preparing for ovulation as usual. You usually ovulate (release an egg) around two weeks after the first day of your period this depends on the length of your period. Then during the third week after the first day of your last period your fertilised egg moves across the fallopian tube towards the womb. The egg starts off as a single cell but it divides multiple times. By the time the egg reaches the womb it becomes the mass of 100 cells which is known as an embryo. In the fourth week of pregnancy the embryo grows and develops in the lining of the womb. The outer cells reach out and link themselves with the mothers blood supply. The inner cells form

During prenatal development, the prenatal environment can significantly affect the child development. Many of the effects will not be seen until the onset of adulthood diseases such as hypertension. Almost everything that the mother consumes including food, liquid, and even medication travels along the placenta to the fetus. In brief, anything that the mother is exposed to affects the fetus. During prenatal development, teratogens, an important agent that produce developmental abnormalities affect the growing organism resulting in physical and mental deviations. According to Cherry (2016), teratogens can cause a wide range of problems from low-birth weight to brain damage and to missing limbs. Therefore, in order to reduce and avoid these

At 28 weeks the lungs (surfactant is produced) and brain (folds develop) are mostly formed allowing for the fetus to have a good chance of surviving and being viable

Ultrasounds should be performed on expecting mothers to ensure the health of the fetus during the pregnancy. The ultrasounds can be used to make sure that the fetus is meeting the expected growth requirements per trimester. There are 3 trimesters during a normal pregnancy and each trimester has its own growth requirements to ensure that by the time the pregnancy is expected to be over the fetus should be fully developed. The First Trimester is weeks 1-12 of the pregnancy.(10-1) At the end of the first month, the embryo has a heartbeat, a two-lobed brain, and a spinal cord. By the end of the second month, the embryo is recognizable as a human and is called a fetus. After two months, the embryo has started to from arm and legs as well as fingers, ears, and toes. The fetus can be visibly identified as a male or female. By the end of the first trimester, the heart has 4 chambers (1-8). The Second Trimester is weeks 13-28 of your pregnancy.(10-2) By the

As previously mentioned, environmental factors, such as exposure to taratogens, can affect the development of the unborn child. Broderick and Blewitt (2105) define a teratogen as “substances or agents that can cross the placental barrier and produce fetal deformities when taken or absorbed by the mother during pregnancy” (p.619). These substances include drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, pollution, stress hormones, poor nutrition, and diseases, such as AIDS. Consumption of drugs and/or alcohol can lead to low birth weight, as well as, physical, cognitive, and behavioral abnormalities. Furthermore, more recent studies are showing that exposure to pollutants can affect an individual’s development. For example, a study of the

I decided to discuss the second trimester stage of development because for me, with both of my pregnancies, that is when I started to get really excited about having a baby. There is the whole scare of losing the baby in the first trimester but also that’s when I started to feel the baby move, both times in the 16th week, when the baby, and myself, grew the most (I gained 8 pounds in the 5th month with both pregnancies), and when I got so heavy I had to walk instead of run, it was actually faster from about 18 weeks on. Babycenter.com says that the fetus of 14 weeks of age is the size of a lemon, 3 ½ inches long and weighing 1 ½ ounces, while parents.com says it’s the same weight and length but the size of a peach. At 27 weeks both sites said the babies are at 2+ pounds, 9.25-14 inches long and either the size of a head of cauliflower or a sock monkey (which wasn’t fun to look at when your trying to picture a cute little baby). On page 96 of the textbook in Figure 5.8 it is confirmed that after the 16th week the mother may start to feel the baby move. The fetus is also forming small hairs all over the body, including the scalp, and the lungs are beginning to

    According to parents.com, after conception, a fetus begins to develop rather quickly. In the fifth week of pregnancy, a baby’s heart begins to beat. A baby also develops three distinct layers, ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm. These three layers will eventually form the body systems that are necessary

First trimester: By 12 weeks of pregnancy the foetus will be fully formed. The ovum grows and develops certain important parts of the baby’s body such as spinal cord, nervous system, gastrointestinal system, heart and lungs in the first four weeks from conception. The heart starts beating and brain and other organs forms by eight weeks. At this stage, the face is formed and arms and legs start to move. The baby grows to 3 inches long and

There are three main stages to prenatal development; the germinal stage, embryonic stage and fetal stage. This process is largely determined by genetics and is usually fairly similar for the majority of human beings. Perinatal development is the period just before and just after birth.

The first months of the baby’s growth in the womb are the most exciting ones- the time when you realize that you have a new life growing inside of you!

Several risks to prenatal development exist. The risk include maternal malnutrition, spina bifida, teratogens, infectious diseases, smoking, alcohol, and drugs to name a few. Maternal malnutrition places the baby at risk for low birth weight and premature birth. Maternal malnutrition can be mitigated by obtaining nutrition counseling and prenatal care. A common nutrition service is Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Spina bifida is a causes neural tube defects and the risk can be reduced by consuming folic acid prior to pregnancy and during. Teratogens are various agents and factors that create malformation of an embryo. The effects of teratogens can be reduced by not taking medications that can cause harm to an embryo, limiting x-ray

The fetal stage is the stage in which is marked by rapid growth and preparation

The development of the first stage is birth to 4 weeks. This point is likewise recognized as the Neonatal Period. Infant are held with a number of abilities that become the foundation of future growth.