ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>FETAL DEVELOPMENT</title> <meta name="description" content = " "> <meta name="keywords" content=" "> <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index, follow"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <script language="javascript" src="../../menu.js"></script> <style> a{text-decoration:none} .style1 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000; } .style2 {color: #800000} .style3 {color: navy} .style4 {font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;} .style5 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #800000; font-weight: bold; } .style6 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; } </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffe3" vlink="brown"> <table border="0" width="100%" align="center"> <form> </form></table> <table bgcolor="#ffddbb" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table bgcolor="#d3d3e9" width="100%" height="100%"> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#ececff" bordercolor="#ececff"> <td align="middle" colspan="3" height="63"> <img align=left height=60 src="image/ban-2.jpg" width=180></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="73%" align="center"> <TR valign="top"> <TD> <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><br> </b></font></p> <p align="CENTER" class="style6"><font size="4" color="#000000"><span class="style2"><u>FETAL DEVELOPMENT</u></span></p> <div align="justify"><br> </div> <p align="justify"><b><span class="style3"><font size="3" color="darkblue"><span class="style4">Signs Of Pregnancy: </span></span></b></p> <p align="justify" class="style1"> <div align="justify"> <ul type = solid class="style1"> <li>The monthly menses stop.</li> </ul> </div> <ul type = solid class="style1"><p align="justify"> <li> <div align="justify">There may be some amount of nausea and vomiting in the morning also known as<br> morning sickness. </div> </li> <div align="justify"> </p> </div> <p align="justify"> <li> <div align="justify">By the third month, the nipple darkens; the breast becomes larger and may also secrete<br> milk.</div> </li> <div align="justify"> </p> </div> <p align="justify"> <li> <div align="justify">The abdomen gradually increases due to increase in the size of the womb as the fetus <br> enlarges in the uterus.</div> </li> <div align="justify"> </p> </div> </ul> <p align="justify" class="style5"><font size="3" color="darkblue">Month-to-month development of fetus</p> <p align="justify" class="style1"><span class="style3"><b> First Month:</b></span> After fertilization, a 2-celled embryo is formed. Further division takes place and a <br> small mass of cells is formed. These cells get embedded in the uterus and further growth takes <br> place. </p> <p align="justify" class="style1"><span class="style3"><b> Second and third month: </b></span> The mass of cells start taking shape and by the 7th  8th week the <br> embryo starts taking a human shape. The nose, ears, eyes and eyelashes become prominent.<br> Fingers start forming on the hands. Movements can be seen in the legs, hands and the thorax. <br> The fetal mind starts responding to pleasure and pain. The placenta is formed in the 3rd month <br> that provides the nourishment to the fetus by attaching to the uterine wall. </p> <p align="justify" class="style1"><span class="style3"><b> Fourth month: </b></span> The fetal heart beats starts. As per ayurveda, consciousness now appears in the <br> fetus. It starts desiring the experiences and wishes of the past birth and starts echoing it through <br> the mother's desires. That is why some of the mothers have a peculiar desire for eating pickles<br> and ice cream. </p> <p align="justify" class="style1"><span class="style3"><b> Fifth month: </b></span> The mind and the five sense organs become more developed. According to the <br> Vedas, the soul enters the fetus around the fifth month and the fetus finally becomes a living and <br> embodied structure. </p> <p align="justify" class="style1"><span class="style3"><b> Sixth and seventh month: </b></span> The development of the fetus is complete. The fetus therefore can <br> now survive even if delivered prematurely even though some of the organs such as the lungs<br> may be somewhat underdeveloped. </p> <p align="justify" class="style1"><span class="style3"><b> Eight and Ninth month: </b></span> The fetus continues to grow within the womb and increases in size and<br> dimension. By the end of ninth month, the fetus weighs about 3- 3.5 kgs. Labor starts at the end <br> of the ninth month and a normal healthy child is born at end of term. <br /><br /> Last created on 07-05-2004<br /> Last updated on 18-11-2006 </p> <br><br> <script language="javascript" src="../../Base/disclaim.js"></script> </table> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"><a href="Fetal.asp" class="style4">Back</a></p> <p><!--#include file="../bottominclude.htm" --></p> </body> </html> </body> </html>