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Diary of an Unborn Child
The Unborn's Development
Nevada
LIFE PowerPoint
Fetal/Unborn's Development Loop.
This can be viewed as a
web page or a PowerPoint Presentation. It provides
descriptions of the unborn at different stages with some
of the incredible interuterine photographs you've seen on
the internet. Most of the pictures can be found at
Priests For Life's incredible site.
The
Nevada LIFE Diary of an Unborn Child is below. Check
out these other fetal development pages and sites too.
We will provide more links in the future to excellent
information, many with pictorial information, as we build
out this page.
Other Fetal/Unborn Development
Sites.
State Of Texas Woman’s Right To Know Booklet. Must be
shown to a woman considering an abortion prior to the
abortion. Excellent
descriptions and pictures that must be shown to a woman
considering an abortion prior to the abortion. This
booklet in PDF form may be all you need.
State
of Texas
Woman’s Right To Know website
Get The Facts, Students for Life of America.
What Your Baby Looks Like, from the Caring Pregnancy
Center. One page with excellent photos for a
presentation.
Just the
Facts. A pictorial presentation with quotes.
Fetal Development Overview by Stand Up Girl
Fetal Development from the American Pregnancy
Association
National
Right to Life's
Diary of an Unborn Child.
Nevada LIFE on Fetal
Development
Day
One
This is
the day of conception. Life Begins! A new human life
begins with one cell. This cell contains the genetic
blueprint for every detail of human development – the
unborn’s sex, hair and eye color, height, skin tone, and
more... Nothing will be added until the old man or woman
dies; except nutrition and oxygen.
Days
5-9
Implantation Occurs: The embryo implants itself into the
rich lining of the uterus and begins to draw nourishment.
Day
20
The
foundations of the brain, spinal cord. and nervous system
are already established.
Day
21
The
heart begins to beat.
The
unborn’s heart will pump his or her own blood. Many
times that blood is a different type than his or her
mothers’.
Week
4
The
backbone and muscles are forming. Arms, legs, eyes, and
ears begin to show. Breathing systems are forming. This
is only two weeks after the mother misses her first
period. The child is already ten thousand times larger
than the fertilized egg.
5
Weeks
Five
fingers can be seen in the hand. The eyes are darkening as
pigmentation develops. The pancreas produces insulin.
Movement has begun.
Week
6
The
mouth and lips are present; fingernails are forming.
DAY
40
Brain
waves can be detected and recorded.
Week
7
Eyelids,
and toes form. You can identify the nose. The baby kicks
and swims.
Week
8
Everything is now present that will be found in a fully
developed adult.
Week
8 Continued:
The
heart has been beating for more than a month. The stomach
produces digestive juices. The kidneys have begun to
function. The baby has fingerprints. His muscles are
developing and he responds to touch
Pictures From The First 8 Weeks
Remember, everything is now present that will be found in
a fully developed adult.
All he
or she has to do is grow.
Weeks
9-11
Weeks
9 and 10:
Teeth begin to form, fingernails develop. He can turn his
head, frown and hiccup.
Weeks
10 and 11:
The unborn can “breathe” amniotic fluid and urinate. She
can grasp objects placed in her hand; all organ systems
are functioning. She has her own skeletal structure,
nerves and circulation.
Weeks
12-15
Week
12:
All the
parts necessary to experience pain are present, including
nerves, spinal cord, and thalamus. Vocal cords are
complete. He can suck his thumb.
Week
13: Fine hair begins to grow.
Week
14: The heart pumps several quarts of blood every
day.
Week
15: The baby has an adult’s taste buds.
The
Fourth Month.
The
ears function. Bone marrow forms.
The
Fourth Month Continued.
She is
8-10 inches long. Her heart is pumping 25 quarts of blood
a day.
The
5th Month
The
unborn is now about 12 inches long. Movement is felt.
The baby may jump if a sound is loud or startling. Partial
Birth Abortion becomes optional
The 6th
Month
If the
baby were born in this month and given the proper care,
she could survive.
5th
and 6th Months Continued
The baby
practices breathing by inhaling amniotic fluid into her
developing lungs. She grabs at the umbilical cord when she
feels it. Her oil and sweat glands are functioning.
5th
and 6th Months Continued
Most
moms feel an increase in movement, kicking, and hiccups.
He’s twelve inches or longer, and weighs up to one and a
half pounds.
The 9th
Month
The baby
is ready for birth and fully capable of life outside the
womb. However, there is no real protection for
this baby. Her mother may legally abort her for almost
any reason up until the moment of her birth
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