A Healthy Pregnancy

1. A Healthy Pregnancy By: Ashante’ Simmons

2. Development Before Birth • Prenatal development is the process by which a baby to be grows inside the mother, it normally takes nine months for a full term pregnancy. One that goes to completion.

3. First Trimester • The first three months of pregnancy is an amazingly rapid sequence of prenatal development occurs. It begins at the moment of conception. Conception takes place when an ovum or egg is fertilized by sperm.

4. Second Trimester • The fourth and, fifth, and sixth months of pregnancy is when the fetus grows dramatically. By the end of this period, the fetus will typically weigh nearly 2 pounds. Also during this time, the eyebrows and lashes appear, and fine hair, called lanugo, it begins to cover the fetus’s skin.

5. Third Trimester • The seventh, eighth, and ninth months of the pregnancy the brain and other parts of the nervous system continue to develop. Brain scans by researches have shown that the fetus sleeps and may dream. The heart and other parts of the circulatory system also continue to mature in preparation for the newborn’s independence from the woman’s body.

6. Prenatal medical care • Health care during pregnancy, is essential for the health of both the expectant mother and her developing baby.

7. Health Care Providers • A physician or other health care provider is a key partner in a healthy pregnancy. Some women obtain prenatal care from their primary care physician.

8. Sources • Parenting Rewards & Responsibilities Textbook: Chapters 8 and 9. • Images: www.google.com