1. Prenatal Development

2. HOW A BABY I BORN – IN THE EYES OF A CHILD

3. Information
The optimum age range for a woman to have a child is years.
The recommended optimum weight gain during pregnancy is between pounds.
For twins it is pounds.
Eat 300 extra calories per day starting in 4th month

4. Stages of Prenatal Development
The stages of Prenatal Development and their time periods:
*Prenatal Development = development before baby is born
Zygote
The first 2 weeks of pregnancy
Embryo
3rd through 8th week of development
Fetus
After 8th week until term of delivery

5. Where Do Babies Come From?
(The Cosby Show)

6. Trimesters First Trimester Second Trimester Third Trimester
TOTAL Prenatal Period

7. First Trimester
***Most critical and greatest time of risk and vulnerability for birth defects
Signs and symptoms of pregnancy most likely to occur
Majority of physical development occurs (every physical feature and vital organs form, heart beats and brain waves begin, etc…)
Small maternal weight gain

8. Second Trimester
Quickening: slight fetal movements felt by mother (5th month usually)
Increased organ development
Physically easiest trimester on mom

9. Third Trimester
Physically most demanding time for pregnant mom due to discomforts of pregnancy
Lightening: dropping movement of baby into Mom’s pelvic region (head-down position to prep for delivery
Lanugo (fine hair) and vernix (waxy substance) both covering fetus’s body begin to go away
Gains protective fatty layer
Fetus grows and gains weight rapidly (5-6lbs)
Builds antibodies the last month to help baby have healthier start once outside womb

10. Total Prenatal Period
40 weeks OR 9 months

11. Where Do Babies Come From?

12. Prenatal Birth Terms Amniotic Fluid Amniotic Sac Guards against jolts
Keeps fetus at constant temperature
Keeps fetus from forming connection
to endometrium lining
Amniotic Sac
Holds amniotic fluid
Very strong
Clear, transparent membrane sac surrounding fetus
Before delivery – broken to allow baby to exit out

13. Prenatal Birth Terms Birth Canal/Vaginal Canal
Vaginal canal and vagina are called birth canal during delivery of fetus

14. Prenatal Birth Terms Placenta Umbilical Cord
Organ attached to the endometrium lining
Filters and transfers nutrients and oxygen to fetus
Umbilical Cord
Connection between fetus and placenta
Passes oxygen and nutrients from mother to child
Returns waste products to mother

15. Prenatal Birth Terms
Uterus/Womb – uterus is called a womb when a fetus is growing inside it