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Growth and Development
Growth and Development
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In
lunar months, a pregnancy is 10months (40 weeks or 280 days) long; a fetus grows in utero 9.5 lunar months or 3 full trimesters (38 weeks or 266days).
The back and bent so that the head almost touches the tip of the tail.
Heart appears as prominent bulge. Arms and legs are budlike structures. Eyes, ears, and nose are discrenible.
Arms and legs are developed. External genetalia are present, but sex is NOT distinguishable by simple observation. Abdomen appears large.
Length: 7-8 cm Weight: 45g Nail bed are forming on fingers and toes
Spontaneous movements Tooth buds present
Fetus actively swallows amniotic fluid, uncoordinated swallowing reflexes, urine is present in amniotic fluid. Sex is determined by ultrasound
Length: 25 cm Weight: 223 g Spontaneous fetal movement can be sensed by the mother. Hair forms
Eyelids are now open Pupils are capable of reacting to light Hearing can be demonstrated by responses to sudden sound
Length: 35-38 cm Weight: 1,200 g Testes began to ascend Blood vessels of the retina are thin and susceptible to damage from high Oxygen concentration
Additional subcutaneous fat are deposited. Lanugo begins to diminish Most babied turns into a vertex position
The
fetal head is the body part that will first contact the cervix. is the normal presentation
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