You know how excited everyone gets when they find out they are pregnant, well that’s at least the case in my family! There are so many books out there that soon to be parents rush out to get and now you can find some pretty cool apps that gives you more information about what the little baby is doing inside every week.
Today’s post is about the stages of development throughout the first trimester. We will get to how Chiropractic helps with pregnancy and the other two trimesters in another post.
| STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT | ||
| Trimester | Week | DEVELOPMENT |
| 1 | 3 | DNA |
| 4 | Organs begin to develop | |
| 5 | Tiny little heart begins to beat (at 2 times the rate of ours) | |
| 6 | Facial features (eyes, nostrils etc.) begin to form and little buds develop where arms and legs will begin to form | |
| 8 | Arms, legs, little fingers, nose and upper lip begin to grow. The baby is ~5/8 of an inch long | |
| 9 | Eyes begin to develop but the eyelids are fused closed | |
| 10 | Vital organs are beginning to function (kidney, intestines, brain, liver), tiny fingernails and toenails start to form | |
| 11 | Bones begin to harden, genetalia develops externally | |
| 12 | You can hear the heartbeat, the baby is now ~ 2 inches long |
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