The stages of pregnancy development in weeks
The woman carries the fetus for up to nine months, ie, approximately forty-one weeks. In this period, there are many changes for the fetus and the body of the pregnant woman. These include:
First trimester of pregnancy
- First week: The first day of the menstrual cycle.
- Week Two: Ovulation begins.
- The third week: the week in which the woman is sure to carry it, and the egg cell turns into a ball wrapped in hundreds of hollow cells, filled with fluid.
- Week 4: Embryo implantation of the uterine wall, and the surrounding fetal membranes form the placenta.
- Week 5: The fetus grows and grows larger, and begins to form the brain, heart and spinal cord of the fetus.
- Week 6: The heart of the fetus begins to pulse, and the appearance of its facial features.
- Seventh week: the growth of the face of the fetus, and the lenses of the eye, and the appearance of the hands and feet slightly.
- Week 8: The fingers of the hands and feet begin to appear, and the appearance of the eyes.
- Week 9: Fetal growth of the fetus, eye eyelids, grow ears.
- Week 10: Neck growth of the fetus, slightly rotating, and can close eyes to protect them.
- Week 11: Fetal growth, has a face like a human face.
- Twelfth week: The heartbeat of the fetus can be heard, and its size increases, and this week the end of the first third of the fetus’s age.
Second trimester
- Thirteenth week: The bones of the head, arms and feet are formed, and the fetus can form and dispose of urine in the surrounding fluid.
- Week Fourteen: Complete arm growth, identification of fetal sex.
- Week 15: The skeleton of the fetus.
- Week 16: The fetus begins to move its eyes slowly.
- Week 17: The process of storing fat under the skin, which provides energy.
- Week 18: The fetus can hear sounds.
- Week 19: It is a fatty layer to protect the skin of the fetus, and the uterus in the female fetus.
- Week 20: The fetus begins to move.
- Week 21: Can swallow fetus, to gain more weight.
- Week Twenty-two: the body of the fetus hair soft.
- Week 23: The eyes of the fetus begin to move quickly, and consists of the fingerprints of the hands and feet.
- Week 24: Hair growth on the fetal head, the fetus can sleep and wake up.
- Week 25: The fetus can respond to its familiar sounds.
- Week 26: Fingernails are fully formed.
- Week 27: Growth of the lung and nervous system.
- Week 28: Fetal eyelashes are formed, and the weight increases.
Third trimester of pregnancy
- Week 29: The growth of fetal bones fully, but they will be soft.
- Week 30: Hair growth, and the fetus can open its eyes to the dead.
- Week 31: Complete growth of the nervous system.
- Week 32: The fetus tries to breathe.
- Week 33: The fetus can distinguish light and darkness.
- Week 34: Growing and growing.
- Week 35: Continue to gain weight to 225 grams.
- Week 36: Many kicks are done by hands, feet and feet because of its size.
- Week 37: Complete growth of all body organs.
- Week 38: The fetus may weigh up to 400 grams.
- Week 39: Placenta transfers substances to the fetus called anti-protective substances.
- Week 40: The weight of the fetus is 460 grams, and the next week is the date of birth.