Category: Fetal Development

Week 16—Rapid development of baby’s body. The retina has distinct layers, teeth enamel begins to develop & all limbs/joints are FULLY formed. With this comes new talents, like grabbing the umbilical cord. Crazy how some claim these aren’t people, tho, right? #40weeks40facts

Here is fact #15. Week 15: The baby is the size of a peach now, and can recognize voices and even light. Although movement started much earlier, the pregnant woman can now feel movement between now and 18 weeks. This is called quickening! Also, by this time, stem cells arrive, and blood cell formation occurs. …

Week 12—This marks the end of the first trimester of pregnancy! Starting at week 12 to around week 18, bowel movements begin. The material expelled from the fetal colon is called meconium, which is made of proteins, dead cells from the digestive tract & enzymes. #40weeks40facts

Week 11: Between this week and next, the baby’s weight will increase by 58%! A huge growth spurt. All of the bones in the face are present by now. Now that the diaphragm is forming, the child can even hiccup! At over 1 and a half inches long, the child is the size of a …

Week 10: The baby can now suck his or her thumb, and many prefer their right thumb over the left. They can also yawn, being that their mouth (and nose! 👃 ) are almost completely formed. Soon, the baby will smile (in about a week). Even though gender is determined at fertilization, the genitalia is …

Week 10: The baby can now suck his thumb & many prefer their right thumb over the left. #40weeks40facts In 2016 the FDA expanded its recommended use of the abortion pill up to 10 weeks. 10. Weeks. Visit http://lifeatrisk.org for more info on the abortion pill reversal protocol.

Week 9: By this point, the tiny one can start sucking its thumb. On that thumb? A fingernail. Fingernails and even fingerprints are developed! Between this week and the next, the child will grow significantly, increasing its weight by 77%! Is this junk science, Planned Parenthood? #40weeks40facts Please share with your friends to help inform …

The image was to be the first in the baby’s scrapbook. The life of an unborn child is as dramatic as any series you will watch on cable television. It is intense in its beauty and amazing in its grandeur. https://buff.ly/3DUfBbI Read the full story.

An unborn child’s life is as dramatic as any series you will watch on cable television By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation The reality of the hidden life of the unborn child can pop up in the least likely of places. I happened to be watching a “reality show” known for its …

By Sarah Terzo Sixty physicians, including two past presidents of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the former president of the American Academy of Neurology, wrote a letter to President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s that read in part: “The developing fetus is not a subhuman species with a different genetic composition…[T]he embryo …

Here goes fact #8. Week 8: By the end of 8 weeks, the embryonic period is ended. During this period, the embryo went from 1 single cell to nearly 1 BILLION cells, with 90% of the structures found in ADULTS. This tiny one is largely developed. The formation of the hypothalamus starts, which is a …

By Texas Right to Life A new study from the University of Virginia (UVA) demonstrates what parents have already figured out: babies are born with a unique personality. The research, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, further demonstrates the sophisticated development of even the youngest babies, showing how unique each human Life is from the very beginning. Entitled, …