Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Day 4 Daddy blog

Life card:Today we had picked new life cards and I am a drug abuser, because I am a drug abuser I could potentially give the baby needs for the drug that I am currently on can cause harmful effects on myself my wife and the baby.


Week 8: Your baby will be about 8-11 mm by the end of the week. The baby's hind brain is clearly visible. This week the baby's gonads will become either testes or ovaries. Movement begins to occur in the womb. Bones and joints have many things going on. Elbows appear and the process of ossification (hardening of the bones) begins.

Week 9: Your baby is now approximately 13-17 mm crown to rump length, which is about 0.51 - 0.66 inches. She/he only weighs in at about 1 gram. Toe rays are present as the toes begin to form. Gonads have become testes (for boys) or ovaries (for girls). Baby will move away if touched through the uterine wall, and can spontaneously move as well. Ossification (hardening) of the bones begins.

Week 10: The baby now enters its fetal period. The average size is about 27-35 mm crown to rump length (CRL), or about 1.06-1.38 inches. She/he weighs in at around 4 grams, or about 4 paper clips. Tiny toes have formed. The eyes are largely open, but the eyelids are beginning to fuse, and will stay that way until 25-27 weeks. External genitalia is beginning to differentiate. External ears are formed, as is the upper lip.

Week 11:If you have seen pictures of baby at this stage you will notice that the head is about 1/2 of the body size. This will change as the baby grows in the mothers womb. The iris will begin to develop this week and finger nails appear! Your baby should weigh about 7 grams.

Week 12: While your baby's brain is not the same size it will be at birth, it does have the same structure. Bile is being secreted by this time. She/he weighs about 14 grams and is about 3.54 inches in total length. Your baby has its reflexes and also practice movements in the digestive tract.

Week 13: There are a lot of things going on during this week. All twenty teeth have formed and are waiting. Your baby approximately weighs in at 1 ounce or (28.3 grams). Consider that the placenta weighs about an ounce now also.

Week 14: The baby is now about 12.5 cms or 4.92 inches. Your baby is now producing urine and actually urinating into the amniotic fluid in the womb. It also can practice "breathing" the amniotic fluid in and out of its lungs.

Week 15: Your baby may have developed the habit of sucking his or her thumb during this week. The skin is very thin and you can see the blood vessels clearly underneath it. Your baby is about 70 grams now. The scalp hair pattern is developing. And the heart is pumping about 25 quarts of blood a day.

Week 16: Your baby's nails are well formed, and some babies are even going to need their nails trimmed at birth. The ears have also moved from the neck to the head. Your baby is emptying his or her bladder about every 40-45 minutes. The limb movements are becoming more coordinated. Your baby is about 3 ounces (85 grams) and 6.3 inches (16 cms).

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