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Growing continues after the baby is born. Synapses takes place where different parts of the brain make new connections with the many neurons being reproduced (Broderick & Blewitt, pg 63). As learned in the TED Talk, the baby may be able to recognize certain noises or tastes that they heard while in the womb. The amount of affection, attention, proper nutrients, the environment the baby grows up in, and social interactions all impact the child's future growth, health, and learning.

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If the baby is exposed to teratogens during and after birth, it could be detrimental to the baby's health and future development. Teratogens are harmful substances or agents (alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, marijuana, lead, PCB's etc.) that the fetus is exposed to during the pregnancy (Broderick & Blewitt, pg 53). The placenta serves as a pathway and barrier; it surrounds the fetus. Blood and nutrients are passed to the fetus. The placenta cannot keep the fetus safe from teratogens.

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Vital organs begin to develop starting with the heart (3rd week) and ending with the brain (16th week). By the 9th week the fetal period begins. Besides hereditary influences, the environment plays an important role in the development of a healthy pregnancy and baby. The nutrients ingested and social interactions that the mother has will have an impact during and after birth.

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Implantation occurs once the organism moves down the fallopian tube and into the uterus. Growth continues and eventually an embryo forms.

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Chromosomes divide, duplicate, and pull apart to opposite sides of the nucleus. This cellular division is called mitosis (Broderick & Blewitt, pg 42). The two new cells that are divided, divide into 4 new cells before dividing again into 8 cells, and so forth.

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Twenty-two of the mother's and father's chromosomes are matched leaving the 23rd pair to determine the sex of the baby. Because the mother's 23rd chromosome has a matched X chromosome and the father has an unmatched XY chromosome, the baby will get one X from the mother and either another X or Y chromosome from the father. If the 23rd contains 2 X chromosomes the sex will be female, whereas XY would make a male.

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The sperm makes it's way through the ovum's cytoplasm, cellular material surrounding the ovum's nucleus, and finally into the nucleus. The zygote forms which is when the "sperms chromosomes become a part of the nuclear material" (Broderick & Blewitt, pg 41).

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The ovum contains 23 chromosomes of the mother and another 23 from the father. Chromosomes contain the DNA of the parents.

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When a female releases an egg during her menstrual cycle, it travels through the fallopian tube and waits for a sperm to fertilize it. Once the sperm burrows it's way into the egg, the egg has been fertilized creating what is called an ovum.