FORMOSO, PATRICK JOHN L.

September 8, 2019

BSN-2A MCN LECTURE

FETAL MILESTONES
First trimester

3 Your baby-in-the-making is a ball of cells called a blastocyst. The blastocyst already contains a full
weeks set of DNA from you and your partner, which determines sex, eye color, and other traits.

4 The ball of cells has officially become an embryo and is about the size of a poppy seed. Over the
weeks next six weeks, all of your baby's organs will begin to develop, and some will start to function.

5 Your baby's tiny heart begins to beat – at twice the rate of yours. His entire "body" is only about
weeks the size of a sesame seed.

6 Facial features (like eyes and nostrils) are beginning to form, and little buds appear where arms
weeks and legs will develop.

8 Arms and legs are growing, and your baby now has little fingers, as well as a nose and upper lip.
weeks He's moving quite a bit now, but you won't feel it. He's about 5/8 of an inch long and weighs hardly
anything – four-hundredths of an ounce.

9 Eyes have developed, though your baby's eyelids are fused shut for now. She's lost her "tail" and
weeks is starting to look more human.

10 The embryo has become a fetus. His vital organs – such as kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver –
weeks are starting to function. Tiny fingernails and toenails are starting to form.

11 Your baby is almost fully formed. Her bones are beginning to harden, and her genitalia are
weeks developing externally. She can hiccup, though it's too soon for you to feel it.

12 You can hear your baby's heartbeat at a prenatal checkup.(You may already have heard it at an
weeks early ultrasound.) Your baby's just over 2 inches long and weighs about half an ounce.

Second trimester

14 Your baby's kidneys are producing urine, and he releases it into the amniotic fluid. He can make
weeks facial expressions and may have discovered thumb-sucking.

15 Your baby can see light that filters in from outside your womb, even though her eyelids are still
weeks shut.

16 Your baby's sex may be detectable at your mid-pregnancy ultrasound, which typically happens
weeks between 16 and 20 weeks.
18 If you haven't felt your baby move yet, you probably will in the next few weeks. It'll take a couple of
weeks weeks longer for other people to feel your baby's movements from the outside.

19 Your baby can hear your heartbeat and sounds that come from outside your body, such as your
weeks partner's voice. Her skin is wrinkly and is covered by a protective, waxy coating. She measures
about 6 inches from head to bottom and weighs about 8 1/2 ounces.

23 Your baby's sense of movement has developed, so he can feel the motion if you dance. His sense
weeks of hearing continues to improve. You may sometimes be able to see him squirming under the
surface of your belly.

24 Your baby's taste buds are developing. Her brain is growing very quickly, and her hair may be
weeks growing, too. She's almost a foot long and weighs just over a pound.

27 Your baby's lungs are developing but won't be fully functional for several more weeks. He's
weeks "practicing" for life on the outside by inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid, sleeping and waking up
at regular intervals, opening and closing his eyes, and sucking his fingers.

Third trimester

28 Your baby may be dreaming. She has eyelashes, and her eyesight is improving. Billions of
weeks neurons are developing in her brain. She weighs about 2 1/4 pounds and is about 15 inches long,
head to heel.

32 He's grown cute little fingernails and toenails. Your baby is also starting to plump up in preparation
weeks for birth. He's almost 17 inches long (head to heel) and weighs about 3 3/4 pounds.

34 Your baby's lungs and central nervous system are continuing to develop. Her skin has become
weeks soft and smooth, and she's filling out and getting even rounder. She's almost 18 inches long and
weighs about 4 3/4 pounds.

37 Your baby is now considered "early term." Babies born now usually do well, but ideally he'll stay in
weeks your womb for a couple more weeks to give his brain and lungs time to fully mature.

39 Your baby is now considered full-term and is ready for life outside the womb. The average weight
weeks of a newborn is about 7 1/2 pounds, and the average length is about 20 inches.

41 You've passed your due date and your baby is now considered "late term." (If you're still pregnant
weeks at 42 weeks, she's "post term.") Your baby's health may be monitored with tests such as
a nonstress test or biophysical profile. To avoid complications, your doctor will probably talk to you
about inducing labor in the next week or two.