Prenatal development

Alcohol Impact on Pregnant Women Abstract: when the mother is drinking alcohol during her pregnancy that may affect her child wrongly. Moreover, alcohol (ethanol) may disturb the abnormal embryo and fetus developments. Alcohol ingestion may causes central nervous system damages, fetal alcohol syndrome, organ systems abnormalities, oro-facial clefts, atopic dermatitis, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Key words: ethanol; pregnancy; alcohol; fetal alcohol syndrome. INTRODUCTION…

medical viewpoint and a large emphasis on the symptoms, behaviors and the physical, mental and psychological traits that are commonly associated with the syndrome. It firstly explains, in the “Introduction” subtitle, that the most complete form of prenatal alcohol abuse that occurs in the newborn is called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, or FAS, but alcohol-related injuries to the fetus vary in terms of severity and pervasiveness. Less complete forms may be referred to as fetal alcohol effects (FAE) or…

is sort of compared to knowing your opponent before you play them in a game. This gives you different advantage points on how to handle them. Genetics, Prenatal care, and birth are the main concepts that you need to know about the history of a baby. Genetics is the disorders the child could have; usually it runs in the family. Prenatal Development is what the mother needs to know while she is pregnant; this usually includes taking special vitamins and different rituals. Birth is how the baby…

Prenatal Prenatal development begins when once an egg has been fertilized. This is the ultimate beginning of Human Development. The many changes that fertilized egg goes through before becoming a new born human is all a part of prenatal development. The first part of this period called zygote. This is the process that fertilized egg take until it plants itself in wall of the uterus. While in the uterus the structure called the placenta exchanges the nutrients between the pregnant woman and…

the pregnant women herself. There are exactly three periods in the prenatal development: the germinal period, the embryonic period, and the fetal period. Another given name for these periods are, the first trimester (weeks 4-12), the second trimester (week 16-24), and the third trimester (week 28-36/39).…

discussed is the use of prescription and/or nonprescription drugs during pregnancy and how this effects the development of the fetus, and the development of the baby once it is born and growing. Researchers all over have been looking into this topic to let all aware of the many terrible side effects and possibilities that this could take on prenatal development, as well as the development for the child as it grows and matures. It is safe to say that during pregnancy, an expecting mother should…

environmental influences that promote a healthy prenatal development is: Age, Diet/Nutrition, Emotional State/Stress, and Paternal Factors. Age promotes healthy development because if the woman is older the risk that a child will have Down Syndrome increases and the rate of low birth weight, preterm delivery and fetal death. However if they were born to a mother 16 to 34 years of age Down Syndrome is rare. Diet/Nutrition is important to prenatal development because the status of the fetus is…

Prenatal development makes up the period of time from conception to birth, and it is split into three separate stages that the unborn baby develops through. Prenatal development starts when a sperm fertilizes an egg. The prenatal stage of development lasts about 38 weeks. The three stages that make up prenatal development are the germinal stage, the embryonic stage, and the fetal stage. The germinal stage makes up the first two weeks of prenatal development, from conception to implantation,…

Prenatal Development The day I found out that I was pregnant was a day of unmatchable joy for both my husband and I. Our joy was continued throughout the pregnancy until the doctor had offered us possible test to see if the baby had any problems. I didn’t want to know until the baby was born, but my husband insisted. The doctor conducted a maternal blood screening, as well as a noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (Santrock 2014, pg. 52). The tests came back positive for Down syndrome. At that point…

world there were prenatal development stages: germinal, embryonic, and fetal. Only up to about a week before birth, the fetus (me) stopped growing! Although, physical growth is especially rapid during the first 2 years of a child's life. Fetal and neonatal brain developments are also very rapid. Infants can not endure life on their own, newborns have specific built-in abilities for survival and adaptive purposes. When I was an infant, I would turn…