Baby's Development
Baby's Development
Oct 26, 2019
Baby is Ready for a Grand Debut
by Juliet Spurrier, MD & Wendy Schmitz
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Baby is Ready for a Grand Debut
Week 40 is typically considered the last week of pregnancy and a full-term baby is often born this week...
Being Born
During week 39 your little one is ready to come any day now with their placenta struggling to keep up with their...
Watching and Monitoring
At week 38 your little one is strong and thriving but getting ready to vacate their home of the last nine months...
Early Term Baby
At week 37, your little one has a few weeks left to grow, but if they are born this week they will be considered...
Final Touches
Week 36 has your baby prepping for their birthday by moving lower in the uterus, losing the lanugo hair and practicing...
Baby's Digestive System
Week 35 includes the final touches on the digestive system including the liver and kidneys...
Amniotic Fluid
At week 34 several systems are in their final stages of development getting prepped for world they will encounter...
Choosing Childcare
Finding childcare is a daunting but necessary task every parent will need to consider. Whether you choose to stay home...
Practice, Practice, Practice
At week 32, your little one is over 16 inches and is about the size of a cantaloupe...
Seeing and Sleeping
At week 30, your little one may weigh up to 4 pounds! While every baby will be growing at their own rate, most will be...
Building Marrow
Week 30 includes the production of the cute fat layer that makes little ones adorable...
Movin' and Groovn'
Week 29 continues with more movement and more growth for your little one
Growing Skin and Nails
Week 28 comes with growing the finer details like nails and hair
What's in a name?
Choosing your future child's name is a big responsibility and while everyone around you will have an opinion this...
Monitoring the Movement
Week 27 has your little one moving and shaking so much dad can enjoy the action with hand on mom's belly to feel the...
Surfactant Fun and Nervous System Growth
Week 27 see more development in your little one's nervous and respiratory systems as they prepare for the outside world
Prepping for Life
Week 26 includes a lot of movement and given the new larger size there is much to feel with every movement and dad can...
Practice Makes Perfect
Week 25 is a wonderful milestone that sees an increase in survival rates for preemies born after this week. And while...
Growing and Forming
Your week 24 fetus is busy putting on weight with developing muscles, thickening bones, and additional fat (the...
Growing on the Inside
Week 23 brings a new level of viability to your growing little one. Should he or she be born early, they have a chance...
Looking Good
Week 22 finds your little fetus looking more like a human than ever before.
Taste Buds and the Amniotic Fluid
Week 21 sees your fetus large enough to put pressure on many of your internal organs as they play the bongos on your...
The Beginning of Baby Bonding
It is never too soon to start bonding with your baby. Your little one can start hearing sounds from outside the womb...
Boy or Girl?
Week 20 brings more movement and the ability to determine the sex of your growing fetus. Your fetus is now big enough...
So Many Changes
Week 19 marks a growth spurt that means you can likely feel your little one moving now or within the next few weeks...
So Much Moving Going On
Week 18 marks a moment where your little one is lengthening and moving more than ever with changes that mean soon...
Foot and Fingerprints
Unique characteristics that will last a lifetime are starting to develop during this week. Your baby is growing and...
Getting Longer
Week 16 comes with lengthening growth and an increased ability to see and hear inside and outside the womb
Practicing Fetal Somersaults
At week 15, your little fetus is getting a workout practicing muscle movements and facial expressions
Baby Fat and Amniocentesis
Week 14 sees a shift in growth from the organs and systems to an accumulation of brown fat and fine hair to keep your...
Big Things and Brain Folds
Week 13 marks the second trimester and when your fetus starts growing in earnest with size increases and system...
Your Fetus' Maturing Systems
Week 12 marks the beginning of a new era of system maturation as opposed to the development of new systems
Hello Fetus!
Week 11 of development includes changes that create a more human-like fetus with features you'll recognize beginning...
Goodbye Embryo!
Your little embryo is now a fetus and busy with growing organs and developing bones that will soon start practicing...
Those Hard Working Organs
Week 9 involves an uptick of functionality in the forming organs and a shift from being an embryo to a fetus
Tailless Wonder!
Week 8 brings the loss of baby's tail and growth to the size of a raspberry with the beginnings of nerves, organs, and...
Organs on the Go
Week 7 your embryo is more like a blueberry with budding organ development and a small tadpole tail
Big Changes for Small Things
There is so much going on in the first trimester including week 6 when your little one is hard at work creating new...
Layer Upon Layer: Growing a Baby
Your little embryo is busy growing and changing as the layers of cells begin to take shape into new structures that...
Implantation & Embryo Formation
When does implantation happen and when does a fertilized egg become a real embryo?
Go Zygote Go!
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