Facts About Your Unborn Baby

8 WEEK OLD DEVELOPING BABY

HEARTBEAT- can be heard on office ultra-sonic stethoscope

HEART- has been beating for one month

EKG - electrocardiogram can be done

BRAIN WAVES- were measurable 2 weeks ago

FEELS PAIN- and responds to touch

SUCKS THUMB

GRASPS - instrument placed in his/her palm

SWIMS - with a natural swimmer's stroke

DEVELOPMENTAL LANDMARKS

Day one - Conception

One week- Attaches to wall of womb

Two weeks - Stops mother's menstrual period

Three weeks - Heart is beating

Six weeks - Brain waves measurable/ Moves and responds to touch

8 weeks - can listen to heart

2 and a half months - body completely formed, even fingerprints

3 months - All organ systems functioning

After three months- nothing new develops/ There is only growth                                                    in size and maturity