Fetal Development by Deborah Owen https://padlet.com/deborah_owen2/i0w453mo2g42 Access 20-21 Group B en-us 2019-03-23 20:10:31 UTC 2024-11-22 14:31:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Babyhead.png 21 to 25 Weeks https://padlet.com/deborah_owen2/i0w453mo2g42/wish/1083015507 21 weeks is just at the second trimester and during this trimester the growth of the baby will be rapid during this period. During this stage the baby will be learning the essential skills for outside the womb such as sucking and breathing, the babies position will begin to change and you will start to feel your baby move more and more. Not only is the baby moving more, he or she will now have established sleeping and waking patterns, this does not necessarily mean your baby will sleep when you do, it could be that your baby will wake when you want to sleep. You will now begin to notice that you may feel more tired, become more forgetful, stretch marks appear,  piles,  urine and vaginal infections, backache, headaches, feeling hot, swollen feet and hands, and many more. During this stage women may begin to feel pains on the side of their bumps and this is due to the uterus still growing. At 21 weeks your baby will be around 26.7cm long. By 22 weeks your baby's average length should be around 27.8cm. 23 weeks, your breasts should be now enlarged and you may begin to leak some colostrum an early type of milk. The baby continues to grow. By 24 weeks your baby will be around 30cm long, and baby will continue to move around and get ready for life outside of the womb. Finally at 25 weeks, your body will feel swollen all over, face, hands and feet will all be swollen caused by water retention. you may also now be having indigestion and heart burn, can cause bloating or nausea.  Eating healthy will help with the heartburn and indigestion. Sleeping may now start to get hard and you can become quite uncomfortable Start4Life (ND). 

Start4Life (ND) Week by Week Guide to Pregnancy [Online] Available at https://www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/week-by-week/2nd-trimester/week-25/ (Accessed on 13th January 2021). 

]]> 2021-01-13 14:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_owen2/i0w453mo2g42/wish/1083015507 26-30 weeks https://padlet.com/deborah_owen2/i0w453mo2g42/wish/1143391291 2021-01-30 12:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_owen2/i0w453mo2g42/wish/1143391291 31-35 weeks https://padlet.com/deborah_owen2/i0w453mo2g42/wish/1147998337 At 31 weeks your baby, or foetus, is around 41.1cm long from head to heel and weighs about 1.5kg. That's approximately the size and weight of a coconut. Your baby is continually active, moving around, sucking their fingers, and doing the odd somersault. Day by day, your baby is getting plumper and looking less wrinkled. The amount of amniotic fluid surrounding your baby is increasing – and that's due to your baby weeing into it. Your baby will start to recognise voices outside the womb, so encourage your partner and any other children to talk to your bump, to help create a strong bond between them.

At 32 weeks pregnant your baby is now about 42cm long and weighs around 3lb 7oz. All of their systems are well developed with the exception of lungs and digestive tract, which need a few more weeks yet. When your baby is awake their eyes are open and they’re doing lots of things that a new born baby would do, like grasping at their feet and sucking their thumb. Your baby is also making lots of facial expressions and you’re probably fascinated to see what they’ll look like when they come into the world!

At week 33 weeks your baby, or foetus, is around 43.7cm long from head to heel and weighs about 1.9kg. That is approximately the size of pineapple and the weight of a laptop computer. Your baby's brain and nervous system are now fully developed. The bones are hardening up, apart from the skull bones, which will stay soft and separated until the baby's around 12 to 18 months old. Having this slight flexibility with the head makes the journey down the birth canal a bit easier.

At week 34 your baby, or foetus, is around 45cm long from head to heel, and weighs about 2.1kg. That’s approximately the size of a school bag and the weight of a cantaloupe melon. Your baby is curled up inside your womb, with the little legs bent up towards the chest. There is not a lot of space in there, but you should still feel your baby shifting around and see your bump change shape too.  If you've got a little boy in there, then his testicles will be descending from his abdomen into his scrotum. When he's born, his genitals may look quite enlarged – this is swelling caused by extra fluid or a late rush of hormones, it goes down after a few days.

At 35 weeks pregnant your baby is now responding to light, sound, and pain. As they grow, the volume of amniotic fluid shrinks in your womb – they are now filling almost the entire space. Meanwhile, their intestine fills with a greenish substance called meconium, which is made from waste from the liver and bowel. This will be in one of the first nappies you have to change!

 

www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/week-by-week

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