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Fetal Development
Fetal development refers to the stages of development of the fetus. In humans, there are three stages of development, divided into three trimesters. The fetus continues to develop from the day of conception until it is born after nine months.
1,674 Questions
Can you take keflex antibiotics while pregnant?
My Doctor has just prescribed them for me and I am 25 weeks pregnant. She says they are perfectly safe in pregnancy so I am hoping that this is the case....
Can drinking alcohol within two weeks of conception harm a fetus?
But, that biotechnology doesn't exist (not yet, anyway) and most mothers-to-be are oblivious that baby-making has begun until several weeks into it. In the meantime, they are apt to have done many things they wouldn't have done if only they had known.
Luckily, this is a concern that you can forget about. There's no evidence that a couple of drinks on a few occasions very early in pregnancy can influence harm on a developing embryo. So you, and others, can let this one go.
- I apologize for interjecting here but you can't make a sweeping statement like "you and others can let this one go" when the question applies to social drinkers and hardcore alcoholics alike. The question posed doesn't say nor imply "a couple drinks" so you can't assume that EVERY reader only had "a couple drinks". Or, you can, but then the answer doesn't satisfy. I don't know the answer--I had this question myself when I came here--but this is the thousandth website I've looked at tonight where the answer is "relax, a couple drinks isn't gonna kill you". OK but what if I didn't just have a couple drinks but a LOT of drinks within two weeks of conception? I have this same question but for my case (where it was more like "a couple" every couple hours), then what?
That said, it's definitely time to change your choice of drinks. If you continue to drink regularly throughout your pregnancy, you risk a wide variety of problems in the baby, including Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Alcohol enters the fetal bloodstream in about the same concentrations present in the mother's blood. Meaning, each drink the mother takes is shared with the baby.
Here are answers and opinions from FAQ Farmers:
- I was concerned about it, too! I was three weeks pregnant, didn't know it yet, had few glasses of wine and got a little drunk. When I found out I was pregnant it was the first thing I asked my doctor and he said that it was too early to harm my baby � which by that time was an embryo. Besides, by that time early in pregnancy, there is not yet nutrition from you to the baby through the placenta, so I heard.
- Thanks to my best friend's bachelorette party, I had two 'binge' drinking episodes where I was completely drunk out of my mind before I knew I was pregnant (I was probably 2-4 weeks along.) My son is now 6-years-old and has no problems, nor did he as an infant. I hope this eases your mind. I know a TON of people who have had this same issue and their children are just fine. Obviously, don't CONTINUE to drink.
- As I've heard that the embryo is feeding off of the yolk of the egg rather than getting nourishment from the placenta in the first 4 weeks, it probably shouldn't have much of an effect. I've also heard that drinking in the early weeks is more likely to result in miscarriage than FAS.
It would be great if a doctor could interject here and tell us the risk of 2 or 2 big drinking sessions in the first few weeks (and maybe further the next few weeks before we knew we were pregnant). There is a lot of conflicting information out there, and the most common thing to happen is that someone comes in and says "you shouldn't drink at all, are you crazy?", well how many people know they are pregnant in the first few weeks? We are trying to manage the risk of what has already happened. None of us are going to continue drinking, so let's start from here.
- Drinking during the first few weeks of pregnancy can harm your baby. The identifying facial features on a child with FAS are formed between day 18 and day 21 of gestation. Lets be clear that a glass of wine or a beer with a burger will probably not affect the baby but you can bet that binge drinking during that time can have a sever impact on the baby. If you continue to drink during pregnancy things will only get worse. Alcohol is pasted freely through the placenta to the baby. The baby has no liver or an under developed liver and can not process the alcohol. Therefore the alcohol poisons the child and can result in brain damage.
About when in preganancy should the baby start dropping and moving into position?
With a first baby it may start to drop at around 36 weeks. Second and subsequent babies may not drop until you go into labor. I am a midwife and once looked after a first time Mum who at term at 1pm was examined and the baby was laying transverse (crossways), at 4pm her husband came and said she was contracting, the baby was head down and it was born at 6.30pm. The third trimester of pregnancy generally spans weeks twenty-eight through forty, though healthy babies may be born a bit sooner or later. During the third trimester, continuing growth and development in the mother and fetus cause many changes to occur. When the mother reaches the third trimester, she should begin preparing for labor. As the body readies for birth, a woman
If I am 28 weeks pregnant and meausuring at 31 weeks is this normal?
no you should see a Dr. immediately . your baby could get to big and you'll go into labor early this happened to me and my babies died i was having sextuplets and they all died so see your Dr. to get a sea section
Why will guys have guts drop into their balls?
I'm sorry, what? There is a circular "weak spot" in the anterior abdominal wall that is known as the deep inguinal ring. The testes traveled through this ring and then through the superficial inguinal ring in development and that is how the testes receive vessels and innervation. Furthermore, the vas deferens enters the abdomen through this ring in order to connect with the seminal vesicle to form an ejaculatory duct.
This "defect" in the anterior abdominal wall is one of two ways (Direct and Indirect) to herniate abdominal viscera. By increasing intra-abdominal pressure by valsalva maneuver (think... straining on the toilet), there is pressure on the viscera pushing outwards. The deep inguinal ring is one of the weakest spots, so the excess pressure can push a loop of bowel through the inguinal canal and into the scrotum. This is known as an indirect inguinal hernia.
What happens if you drop your baby?
i will probrfgKJGAE DIE SOON AFTER IT POOPS 4 FOOT LONG TERDS ACROSS YOUR HARD WOOD LIVING ROOM FLOOR
What are the effects of antiretroviral drugs to the fetus inside the womb?
Your physician will give you medicine for retrovirus infection throughout the pregnancy.
What happens after embryo transfer?
Hopefully it implants to the uterine lining and grows into a fetus
Can one twin fetus be a full week behind the other twin fetus in the womb and survive?
Yes, that is very common.
Why is my unborn baby 5 ounces heavier than normal?
Because "normal" is only a median standard, and reality varies much more than that.
Why do alcoholic women often give birth to babies that are smaller than normal?
is it because of the drugs and the drinking .
Where does the head of the baby face at seven moths inside the womb?
It is turning upside down getting ready to come out so the head is at the uterus
Do elephants go through a direct development?
Yes, direct development is when the baby it a miniature version of the adult. A baby elephant looks like an elephant. Direct development means there are no other life stages (larvae, pupae) in the animal.
An animal that does NOT go through direct development would be a butterfly. A baby butterfly is a crawling, worm-like caterpillar, but the adult butterfly has huge wings. We call the baby butterfly a larvae.
What exactly are the food defect action levels? it sounds kinda interesting but i don't completely understand.
What is wrong with you if you like to eat dirt and like the taste of metal?
It is likely you are experiencing a disorder called "Pica" and it is serious. You should check out this link to read more: http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1798.htm The website doesn't define a cure, but I will say that you are lacking something. You need to evaluate your diet and start taking a good "whole foods" vitamin. Companies like Shaklee, Nikken and Melaleuca sell good quality vitamins.
During the first three days of development the human embryo obtains nutrients and energy from?
Lesson 6, section 3. Pregnancy, first sentence, Uterine fluids. If you have to ask Answers.com for the answer to a question on my lesson 5 and 6 test you probably should study a little more first.
What happens if a baby in the womb defecates?
They don't. The fetus (unborn baby) gets all of its nutrients from the umbilical cord, so the digestive system doesn't have anything to digest, so there is nothing to make poop out of!
Reggie was a half inch shorter than Ronnie. Reggie was 5 foot 7 inches tall.
Is it normal to leak breastmilk at 32 weeks pregnant?
Yes. However your breasts are leaking Colostrum or pre-milk and not breastmilk. Breastmilk doesn't arrive until a day or two after the baby is born.
What are the days for gestation of human fetus?
Humans have an average gestation period (time of pregnancy) of 280 days.
How long would a human fetus be at 36 weeks pregnant?
At 34 weeks, the fetus is roughly 18inches (45cm) from top to toe
How do you get an infection in your ovaries and could it leave you infertile?
It could, but that depends on how much the infection has spread and how much damage it's done.
