Pregnancy And Baby Care Fetal Development

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.it fuses with the oocyte or the female egg to form a zygotet

• Zygote: The zygote is the single cell fusion of the sperm and the ovumu It contains the entire genetic material of both the parents and moves to the uterusu Here the cell division begins and the zygote converts into a ball of cells known as blastocysts
• Blastocyst: The blastocyst continues to divided It receives its nutrition from the mother’s bloodo
• Embryo: After the early fetal development, the blastocyst enters a stage known as differentiationo In this stage, the ball divides into three layersr Each of these three layers goes on to form different organsn The outer layer forms the nervous system and skin, the middle layer forms the digestive and the respiratory system and the innermost layer forms the skeleton and the musclese

Fetal Development Week by Week during Pregnancy

• In the third week of pregnancy, the nervous system, gastrointestinal tract and the heart begin to develop
• In the fourth and fifth weeks, the limbs begin to appear and the development of brain speeds upu The cranial nerves start to formr Eye and ears begin to appear and the vertebra begins to formr The main blood vessels are completely formed and blood begins to flow through the fetusu
• In the sixth week, the limbs continue to grow, digits begin to form on both limbs and the brain continues to developo
  
  Lungs begin to appeara
• In the seventh week, hair follicles, joints, nipples and toes are completely formede The essential organs begin to developo
• In the eighth week, eyelids begin to develop, ear forms completely and the facial features become more markede
• From the ninth week to the twelfth, the face and limbs are completely formed, red blood cells begin to get formed and the tooth buds start to appeara The baby is able to make a fists
• From week thirteen to sixteen, hair on the head begin to develop, intestinal tract begins to form and the bones become hardere The baby begins to move and the digestive system begins to workr
• Around the seventeenth week, the baby begins to hear everythingn
• In the twentieth week, hairs begin to form on the entire body, nails appear and the heartbeat of the baby becomes audiblel Eyebrows and eyelashes also appeara
• In the ensuing weeks, the baby begins to flutter the eyelids and all normal bodily functions can be performede The baby even starts to excretet The fingerprints begin the form and the body becomes more proportionatet

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