Fetal Development

You probably won't feel your baby kick until around week 16 and 22, even though the baby has been moving since week 7 or 8. You may have already witnessed these movements during an ultrasound. This is often felt as a fluttering feeling or a grasshopper walking across your belly during the first movements.

You probably won't feel your baby kick until around week 16 and 22, even though the baby has been moving since week 7 or 8. You may have already witnessed these movements during an ultrasound. This is often felt as a fluttering feeling or a grasshopper walking across your belly during the first movements.

At first, you will not notice many kicks, and this is okay. One day you may notice the baby is quite active and feel no movement at all the next day. It is nothing to worry about until you have movement on a regular basis and should keep track. If you notice a lack of movement, you should contact your doctor soon (don't panic this doesn't mean you are having a miscarriage, just room for concern and you doctor may want to induce you early to protect the health of you and your baby).

There are many antibodies passed to the fetus. Any and all that she was exposed to would be passively passed to the fetus. These are passive in that the newborn will have to make his own later in life but will keep him from harm for about 6 months.

For the first 8 weeks the developing human is called an embryo after that it is called a fetus.

At the ultrasound there will be no heartbeat or movement. If you are further along in your pergnancy and normally feel the baby move, you won't be able to feel him/her move anymore. If you are at the beginning of pregnancy, you will bleed heavily probably with some pain

I have to say if you have not m/c it is likely that the 8 week u/s just did not detect a hb. Plainly said, growth happens at an alarming rate during the first trimester and its possible that you just didn't see that heart rate at your 8wk because it wasn't ready yet. You also need to take in account the possibility of error in fetal age if you didn't know your exact ovulation or LMP.

They can do, it is around the borderline. The baby will spend a very long time in the neonatal intensive care unit and usually will have to have support with breathing since the lungs are not fully developed.

Without the mother having any circulation or life support, it wouldn't last very long. They baby would begin to suffocate. After 4 minutes, neurological damage would begin. In about 10 to 15 minutes, there would be fetal death.

Eclampsia

a baby will be either a boy or a girl long before it becomes a fetus. A woman's egg carries an X chromosome (women are XX). However, since men are XY, a single sperm cell will carry either an X or Y chromosome. Depending on which sperm cell enters into the egg will result in either the a boy baby or a girl baby.

The uterus, although the egg is fertilized in the fallopian tube

Inbreeding results in higher numbers of genetic defects.

Either through the umbilical cord (in the case of a pregnant woman) or by passive smoking.
Nicotine gets into the mothers blood stream which then flows into the baby's blood stream.

A vaginal ultrasound can tell how far along you are. Also a blood test for HCG quants will tell also. Consult your doctor or clinic. It doesn't matter whether or not you have a vaginal ultrasound or one on the abdomen ultrasound is a very good way of seeing how far along you are in pregnancy and making sure that the fetus is developing accordingly if they see any problems in the development they will want to run more tests hope this helps you , Good Luck and God Bless!!!

yes hemophilia can be detected before birth

Everything the fetus needs is provided by the placenta.

Drinking small amounts of alcohol have been proven to NOTbe harmful to an unborn baby....Just don't get trashed...

The embryo starts out the size of a couple cells (microscopic) by the end of the first trimester may be nearly 2 1/2 inches long from crown to rump (CR measurement) and weighs about 1/2 ounce.

The earliest a doctor can get a baby's heartbeat on a Doppler inside the womb is 9 weeks... any earlier and it might not be able to be heard! Hope this helps... on the flip side you should take into account your size. If you are smaller it might happen sooner and if you are larger than it may happen a little later.

It is called lanugo, the skin is also coated with a white greasy like substance called vernix and protects the fetus from the effects of being in the amniotic sac ( bag of water)

No. The heart beat in your neck is yours. In fact it isn't really possible to feel the babies heart beat at all. You can hear it with a monitor and even a stethescope, after the 3rd trimester begins(usually). You will also feel a heart been below your belly button, that ones yours too. A babies heart beat is very fast, approx 120-160 beats per minute. To determine your heart rate, put your first and second finger (pointer and middle) together, over the inside of your wrist, closest to the thumb. Look at the second hand of a watch or clock and count the beats for 6 seconds. Then multiply the number of beats by 10. This will equal your approx. heart rate. This isn't very accurate but it gives you an idea of the difference between your heart rate and your babies.

It's possible, though not likely. 85% of women can see the heartbeat flicker on the u/s at 5-6 weeks, although some women with a higher body mass index cannot. Do not give up hope until your HcG levels have been measured by the doc. Good luck.

A fetus does have amniotic fluid in the mouth, and the lungs. It enters through the nostrils. There is no air in the womb, the baby is surrounded only by amniotic fluid. The baby, once born, has to cough (or cry) out the amniotic fluid before it can breathe the air.

It is an ultrasound scan where the gel is rubbed onto your belly when you are pregnant to monitor the progress and growth of a foetus. they use ultrasound waves to bounce of the foetus and create the picture you see on the screen