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Question 1

How many trimesters are there in human gestation (pregnancy)?

Answer 1

3.

Question 2

What is a trimester?

Answer 2

A period of time during pregnancy.

Question 3

What weeks of gestation is the first trimester?

Answer 3

Weeks 0-12.

Question 4

What weeks of gestation is the second trimester?

Answer 4

13-28.

Question 5

What weeks of gestation is the third and last trimester?

Answer 5

29-40.

Question 6

How long is a baby expected to be in the mother’s uterus (womb)?

Answer 6

Approximately 40 weeks.

Question 7

When would the child be classified as an embryo?

Answer 7

In the first 10 weeks of gestation (8 weeks after fertilisation).

Question 8

What is an embryo?

Answer 8

It is the unborn/unhatched offspring in the process of development.

Question 9

When would the child be classified as a foetus/foetus?

Answer 9

After the first 10 weeks of gestation

Question 10

What is a foetus?

Answer 10

It is the stage in between being an embryo and being a born baby.

Question 11

What should the baby’s development be like after the first trimester?

Answer 11

The baby should grow from 1mm to 5.4cm. Their heart should start working, the basic placenta and umbilical cord should be working. Their heart will have four chambers and their blood will be circulating and their toe buds will develop. Their finger nails will also be developed and most of their organs and structures will be fully formed.

Question 12

What should the baby’s development be like after the second trimester?

Answer 12

The baby should grow from 11.6cm to 37.6cm. Their skeleton and nerves continue to develop and they can hiccup and suck their thumb. Their skin will get thicker and it will develop different layers. They will be able to tell if they’re upside down and they can be legally aborted up to this point. They will also have eyebrows and eye lashes and their brain development will increase.

Question 13

What should the baby’s development be like after the third trimester?

Answer 13

The baby should grow from 42.4cm to 51.2cm. They will start to inhale amniotic fluid to exercise their lungs. They will have a rapid wight gain, and then, they will be ready to be born.

Question 14

What should the baby’s development be like after the first trimester?

Answer 14

The baby should grow from 1mm to 5.4 cm. Their heart should start working, the basic placenta and umbilical cord should

Question 15

What should the mother know in the first trimester of being pregnant?

Answer 15

They should take a supplement and check their medication before taking it.

Question 16

What should the mother know in the second trimester of being pregnant?

Answer 16

They may feel dizzy and they can be told the sex of the baby.

Question 17

What should the mother know in the third trimester of being pregnant?

Answer 17

They can develop heartburn (this is caused by stomach acid travelling up towards the throat, acid reflux) and they may need to urinate more.

Question 18

What can be some of the symptoms of heartburn?

Answer 18

Burning sensation in the chest or throat, a sour taste in mouth, difficulty in swallowing, felling like food is stuck in the mouth, nausea or vomiting.

Question 19

What is the function of the umbilical cord?

Answer 19

This is a tube connected to the placenta. It carries nutrients and oxygen from the placenta to the baby and simultaneously removes harmful waste and carbon dioxide from the baby. It also prevents the mothers’ and foetus’ blood from mixing.

Question 20

What is the function of the placenta?

Answer 20

This grows as the embryo grows into a foetus. This also provides nutrients and oxygen for the baby. It also removes harmful waste and carbon dioxide from your baby. It even produces hormones to help your baby grow. It is an oval shaped organ connected to the uterine lining.

Question 21

What is the function of the amniotic fluid?

Answer 21

It cushions and protects the baby. It also keeps a steady temperature and helps the baby exercise their lungs by breathing through it.