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1st Month
At this stage in pregnancy, the baby is only .1 to .2 millimeters.
The baby is called a blastocyst.
At three weeks the child has already developed all its genetic material and the sex of the baby is decided. -
Birth Defects
PKU - Cause: it is inherited. Description: A condition in which your body can’t break down an amino acid called phenylalanine. Treatment is testing and special dieting.
Cerebral Palsy - Cause: when your baby has brain damage or problems when the baby’s brain is developing. Description: A group of conditions that affects the parts of your brain that control muscle. Treatment: treatment plans with various doctors and medicine for spasms -
Birth Defects Cont. Autism
Autism - Cause: biological disorder that appears to associate with subtle abnormalities in specific structures and functions in the brain. Description: group of conditions that affect how a child functions in several areas. Treatment: No treatment, but children benefit from different medication such as anti-depressants, stimulants and anti-psychotics -
Birth Defects Cont. Club foot and Tay Sachs and Sandhoff disease
Clubfoot - Cause: doctors don’t know what causes clubfoot. Description: A birth defect of the foot, one foot is pointed down and turned in. Treatment: Stretching and casting, Stretching taping and splinting and surgery.
Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff disease - passed to child from genes of parents. Description: inherited disease that affects a baby’s central nervous system. Treatment: is no treatment, but medicine and healthy eating helps manage them. -
Sources
Marchofdimes.org
Hunterdonhealthcare.org -
2nd Month
The baby is now a little human being, just under an inch long.
The heart is beating and the brain is developing.
The eyes have not fully developed. -
3rd Month
Now officially a fetus, between two to four inches long.
All organs are present and fingernails began to develop.
Fetus begins to move. -
4th Month
Five to six inches and about four ounces.
Face and heart are fully developed, lungs are still developing.
Eyes will open. -
5th Month
Six to nine inches and about 10 ounces.
Is now covered with fine hair
Will now develop fingerprints. -
6th Month
Ten inches long and weighs a pound
Vocal chords can function and eyes are opening and closing
You’ll now be aware of body movements -
7th Month
Developing fat under skin
Almost 12 inches long and about two to four pounds
Can now see, hear and taste -
8th Month
A foot or longer and about five pounds
Lungs are still developing
Babys head is down and descending into pelvic area -
9th Month
Lungs are maturing
18 to 21 inches and weighs about 6 to 8 pounds
Brain is growing
