Fetal development: what parents want to know Flashcards
1
Q
4 weeks
A
Heart begins to beat
2
Q
8 weeks
A
All body organs are formed
3
Q
8-12 weeks
A
Fetal heart tones can be heard by Doppler device
4
Q
16 weeks
A
Baby sex can be seen
5
Q
20 weeks
A
- heart beat can be heard with fetoscope
- quickening
- baby develops schedule of sleeping, sucking, kicking
- hands can grasp
- vernix(lanolin like coving & lanugo(fine hair),
- baby hand can grasp
- assumes a favorite position in utero
- all other hair
6
Q
24 weeks
A
Weighs 780 g (1lb 10oz)
- activity increases
- fetal respiratory movement begins
7
Q
28 weeks
A
- eyes begin to open and close
- baby can breath at this time
- surfactant needed for breathing at birth is formed
- baby is two thirds his final size
8
Q
32 weeks
A
- baby has fingernails and toenails
- subcutaneous fat is being laid down
- baby appears less red and wrinkled
9
Q
38+ weeks
A
- baby fills total uterus
- baby gets antibodies from mother
