This document describes the development of a fetus from 7 weeks to 9 months of gestation. It notes that by 7 weeks, the embryo has a tiny beating heart and facial features are beginning to form. By 3 months, the fetus' nervous system is responsive, organs are functioning, and vocal chords are complete allowing for silent crying. By 5 months, fingerprints and fingernails appear, sex organs are visible via ultrasound, and the fetus can hear and recognize its mother's voice. By 9 months, the average baby is about 18 inches long and nearly 6 pounds, and at birth will take its first breaths as the placenta detaches from the uterus.
This document describes the development of a fetus from 7 weeks to 9 months of gestation. It notes that by 7 weeks, the embryo has a tiny beating heart and facial features are beginning to form. By 3 months, the fetus' nervous system is responsive, organs are functioning, and vocal chords are complete allowing for silent crying. By 5 months, fingerprints and fingernails appear, sex organs are visible via ultrasound, and the fetus can hear and recognize its mother's voice. By 9 months, the average baby is about 18 inches long and nearly 6 pounds, and at birth will take its first breaths as the placenta detaches from the uterus.
This document describes the development of a fetus from 7 weeks to 9 months of gestation. It notes that by 7 weeks, the embryo has a tiny beating heart and facial features are beginning to form. By 3 months, the fetus' nervous system is responsive, organs are functioning, and vocal chords are complete allowing for silent crying. By 5 months, fingerprints and fingernails appear, sex organs are visible via ultrasound, and the fetus can hear and recognize its mother's voice. By 9 months, the average baby is about 18 inches long and nearly 6 pounds, and at birth will take its first breaths as the placenta detaches from the uterus.
embryo about the size of a raspberry and has a tiny beating heart. Head, mouth, liver, and intestines begin to take shape. Facial features are visible, including a mouth and tongue. The major muscle system is developed, and the unborn child practices moving. Fetus at 7 Weeks Three Months The baby is now about the size of a kidney bean and is constantly moving and shifting. The nervous system is responsive and many of the internal organs begin to function. Vocal chords are complete, and the child can sometimes cry (silently). The brain is fully formed, and the child can feel pain. The fetus may even suck his thumb. Three Months Four Months The baby is now about 4 inches long - the size of an avocado. His heart is pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day and his body is covered with a layer of downy hair called lanugo. The child blinks, grasps, and moves his mouth. Four Months Five Months The fetus now weighs approximately half a pound and about 10 inches long from head to toe. The child can hear and recognize his mother's voice. Though still small and fragile, the baby is growing rapidly and could possibly survive if born at this stage. Fingernails and fingerprints appear. Sex organs are visible. Using an ultrasound device, the doctor can tell if the child is a girl or a boy. Five Months Six Months The baby is nearly a foot long and weighs more than a pound. His red, translucent skin is wrinkled and his lips, eyebrows, and eyelids are distinct. The fetus can now inhale, exhale and even cry. Eyes have completely formed, and the tongue has developed taste buds. The child practices breathing by inhaling amnionic fluid into developing lungs. Under intensive medical care the fetus has over 50% chance of surviving outside the womb.
Six Months Seven Months By now, the baby weighs about 2 pounds and is nearly 15 inches long. His body fat is beginning to form in preparation for life outside the womb. For several months, the umbilical cord has been the baby's lifeline to the mother. Nourishment is transferred from the mother's blood, through the placenta, and into the umbilical cord to the fetus. If the mother ingests any toxic substances, such as drugs or alcohol, the baby receives these as well. Seven Months Eight Months The baby may have hair or peach fuzz on the head and has probably turned head-down in preparation for birth. The fetus sleeps 90-95% of the day, and sometimes experiences dreaming. He may weigh almost 4 pounds
Eight Months Nine Months At nine months, the average baby is about 18 inches long and nearly 6 pounds. At birth the placenta will detach from the side of the uterus and the umbilical cord will cease working as the child takes his first breaths of air. The child's breathing will trigger changes in the structure of the heart and bypass arteries which will force all blood to travel through the lungs. Nine Months BIBLIOGRAPHY Gustavus. GustavusAdolphus College. <http://homepages.gac.edu/~jkloubec/HES%20239/fetald evelpmentpowerpoint.htm >