Fetus development week by week

                                       Fetus development week by week

                                                                        Fetus

                                                                  development

                                                                  week by week

1st Weeks to 2nd weeks


During the first two weeks, the egg and sperm meet and create the zygote, which then becomes a blast cyst and attaches to the uterus wall. The embryo then begins to take on a more human-looking appearance.


3rd Weeks to 5th weeks


Around week 3, the brain, spinal cord, heart and gastrointestinal tract develop. During weeks 4 and 5, the heart begins to beat, blood begins to move and bones, eyes, ears and arm and leg buds begin to form. The brain also begins its own development, forming into five areas with cranial nerves.

                                                                              Fetus

                                                                                 Development

                                                                                  at week 4

6th Weeks to 7th weeks

In week 6, arm and leg buds have formed. Fingers and toes may be present, but they will often be webbed in structure. The lungs form and the brain grow. The seventh week is when nipples, hair follicles and organs begin to form.

                                                                          Fetus Development 

                                                                                 at week 8

8th Weeks to 12th weeks

During the eighth week, the face begins to form more, including eyelids, ears and other features. In the last three weeks of the first trimester, tooth buds appear and genitals become defined.

                                                                            Fetus

                                                                          Development 

                                                                                     at week 12

13th Weeks to 16th weeks


In the first three weeks of the second trimester, lanugos–or fine hair–begin to develop on the head of the fetus, bones harden, muscles develop and the fetus begins to move on its own.

17th Weeks to 19th weeks


The fetus gains the ability to hear and moves so much that the mother can feel it.


20th Weeks to 23rd weeks

Fetus Development at week 20

In week 20, lanugos can cover the whole body; nails, eyebrows and eyelashes appear; and the fetus’s heartbeat is strong enough to be heard with only a stethoscope. Weeks 21 to 23 of the fetus’s development are when fat begins to be stored, bone marrow makes blood cells and the airways in the fetus’s lungs develop further.


24th Weeks to 25th weeks


In the final two weeks of the second trimester, footprints and fingerprints form, the fetus gains a startle reflex and the lungs form air sacs.

26th Weeks to 28th weeks


In weeks 26 to 28, the brain, nervous system and respiratory system develop, and the fetus’s eyelids are able to open and close.

29th Weeks to35th weeks

                                                                          Fetus 

                                                                            Development

                                                                               at week 30

During weeks 29 to 35, the fetus stores more body fat, the bones finish developing and breathing movement occurs, even though no true breathing is occurring.

36th Weeks


By week 36, the fetus is almost fully developed and can be born with no medical complications, although some are still possible depending on individual differences in development. In week 36, lanugos begin to slough off, and fingernails grow to the ends of the fingertips.


37th Weeks to 41st weeks


During the final three weeks, only small changes occur, such as the further shedding of lanugos, growth of fingernails and growth of hair on the head.

Fetus 
Development
    at week 38

Home Remedies for Chicken Pox, Herbal & Natural Cure

                                                   Home Remedies for Chicken Pox


Chicken Pox is a common viral infection, nursing, when attention to the following, the baby will soon recover.




•Best chicken pox earlier diagnosis, the sooner the better treatment.





•Mix 2 spoonfuls of baking soda in a glass of lukewarm water and sponge your body with the solution. Allow the solution to dry on your body. This soothes and heals the chickenpox rashes.





•Put a bowl of water in a pan and add green peas to it. Place it on flame and set it to boil. Once boiled, strain the water and apply it on the affected area. This would relieve the irritation and itching.





•Sandalwood oil also proves helpful in treating chicken pox. Apply the oil on the rashes right from the time chicken pox appears till its last days. It would also prevent scars from blemishing the skin.





•Grind oatmeal into a fine powder. Add 2 cups of this powder to the bath water. For better results, add one to one and a half cup of baking soda to the same water. It would help in healing the lesions





•Consumption of carrot and coriander soup would be beneficial in the treatment of chicken pox. Take about 100 grams of carrots and 60 grams of fresh coriander and finely chop them. Boil this mixture for a while. Strain the concoction, cool it down and drink it once a day.




•Boil 2 cups of oat in 2 liters water for 15 minutes. Put the cooked oat along with the water in cotton bags and seal it thorough. Dip the bag in to bath water. Take bath with this water to get fast relief from chickenpox.





•Application of Vitamin E oil helps and has a healing effect. The scars fade away very quickly.





•Use a combination of holy basil leaves, chamomile and marigold to make tea. Add 1 teaspoon honey, juice of half lemon and a pinch of cinnamon to the tea and drink daily. This will help you to combat chickenpox.





•Coat the chickenpox rashes with honey. This quickens healing.





• Increased resistance is the key, more rest. Eat nutritious and easily digestible food. Drink more water.

What Causes Nasal Congestion in Babies?

                                    Causes of Nasal Congestion in Baby


Nasal congestion in baby is almost a universal phenomenon occurring. Nasal congestion in babies is caused by a viral or bacterial infection. Baby soft and rich because of nasal blood vessels are likely to experience mild irritation edema. The original is narrower than the narrow walls of the nasal cavity shortness of breath. In addition, nasal blockage caused by nasal secretions is an important reason.


The causes of nasal congestion are as follows:

Common cold

The common cold is a likely cause of nasal congestion. Most colds are caused by a virus, but bacteria can also cause this type of illness. When an infant contracts the cold, the nasal passages in the nose become irritated and excess mucus is produced as the body attempts to fight off the infection.


Flu

The flu is often seasonal, occurring between November and March each year. Once inhaled or ingested, the virus begins irritating the lining of the sinuses, creating congestion and the production of mucus.


Sinus infection

A sinus infection can be caused by a virus, bacteria or fungus, explains the National Institutes of Health. This illness can impact infants, especially following a cold or the flu. It occurs when the sinuses become blocked with mucus, allowing bacteria and other germs to reproduce. The germs cause nasal inflammation and the blocked mucus exacerbates the stuffiness.

Allergic rhinitis

For perennial allergic rhinitis, all year round, and reason from insect secretions, fungi, dust mites, animal skins, such as.

How to Use a Bulb Syringe

                How to Use a Rubber Bulb Syringe for a Baby’s Nose   



When baby has a stuffy nose, a bulb syringe can temporarily relieve his symptoms.
You’ll need to prepare:

Saline nose drops
Bulb Syringe

How to Use:

Step 1


Place baby on your knee; make sure her head is located between your two knees, feet, relying on your stomach, while allowing the baby’s head slightly to the back.


You can place a rolled up towel or blanket under her shoulders or place her in your lap with her head resting on your knees.




Step 2


Use of eye drops bottle in the baby’s nose drops on the 1 to 2 drops with saline. Then the baby’s head position to maintain the same for about 10 seconds (each bottle eye drops have finished using clean)




Step 3


 Squeeze the bulb syringe to expel the air. carefully insert the tip of the bulb—about 1/4 to 1/2 inch—into your baby’s nostril, pointing toward the back of the nose.


Step 4


Release the bulb, holding it in place while it suctions the mucus from your baby’s nose.


Step 5


Remove the syringe from your baby’s nostril and empty the contents onto a tissue by squeezing the bulb rapidly while holding it upside down.


Step 6

If your baby is 5 to 10 minutes after the nose is still blocked by the above process once again.

Symptoms of Growth Speed

                                          Signs of Growth Speed

• Signs of growth speed first 1-3 of weeks shortly after the birth, and 6-8 weeks next. After that, you can expect that in three months, six months, and nine months of the baby signs of growth.

•  The first sign of a growth spurt in babies is their frequent feeding. Your baby may appear to be hungry all the time and you find yourself nursing it more than often. 

• The mother needs to also remember that the more the baby feeds; more will be the stimulation for the milk production so as to match the increasing appetite of the baby. In case of slightly older babies along with the breast milk they will also want to increase their intake of solid foods that they have been introduced to.

• Another one of the baby growth spurt signs is that the baby will end up sleeping for longer hours. In such cases the baby should not to woken up to be fed. This is because that the baby is growing as he is sleeping and the right amount of physical development will occur only if the baby gets adequate sleep.

Handling Growth Speed

• A parent needs to know how to manage these developmental stages as they play a crucial role. You need to take care of yourself as well during this period.

• Since the baby is continuously feeding you need to ensure that he gets all the essential nutrients that are required for the proper functioning of the body system. Ample rest is also important for a child undergoing growth spurts.

• Growth spurts in infants is constant and necessary part of the body and mature, should be regarded as a milestone.

What Daddy Should Pack for the Hospital

                                                        Father's Care

There’s so much emphasis on the mother-to-be throughout pregnancy, and often the dad is overlooked. As he is just as important a part of the process, there should be some thought put into the role that he plays. Without the dad or a similar system of support, the entire experience is made much more difficult for the mom. Both partners need each other and that’s why it’s so important to ensure that dad is available and present.


The dad wants to be a part of the birthing process just as much as anybody. He can offer comfort and support as the mom makes it through all of the different stages of labor. Every dad wants to be there to meet their new little bundle of joy for the first time, as it’s one of those precious moments in life that you will always treasure. So just as the mom has to get ready for the big arrival, the dad should be prepared and packed for the hospital stay as well.


Playing the Support Role


Though this role is crucial to the birth of his child, the dad will ultimately play a support role. As he packs for the hospital, he should ensure that many of the items on his checklist reflect this role and are in place to help mom through the stages and get everything in order after the birth. Take a look at this checklist for example whereby many of the items recommended for daddy to bring include those which will support his partner. Consider bringing items such as a stop watch and a pad of paper to write down contraction times and track the labor overall. Be sure to bring along a video camera, regular camera, and anything else that can be used to capture every aspect of the birth that you will surely want to remember later on.


Bring whatever is necessary to keep your partner comfortable and focused. This can include massage oils, scented items to keep her calm, pillows, special comfort items, and of course music. Talk to your partner in advance and be sure that you know what she would like to help keep her calm and as happy as can be throughout the birth process. This is where your support role becomes very important and therefore you want to be prepared to help out in any way that you can.

Getting Yourself Comfortable


Chances are that you’re going to be in the hospital for a while. Either the labor may carry on longer than you had anticipated, or you may be staying with your partner throughout the duration of her hospital visit. Either way you want to be sure to pack a change of clothes and even something comfortable like pajamas for the occasion where you spend the night. Bring some pillows along for you as you can’t always be sure of what the sleeping arrangements will be.


Pack some snacks for yourself as you need to keep your energy up during the long birthing process. Also be sure to bring some money as you will surely have to grab a meal or a snack from the cafeteria during your stay. Along with the camera and any other items that you bring to capture the precious moments, be sure that you bring along the phone numbers of anybody that you’ll want to contact with the good news after the birth. All of these things will make your stay more comfortable and allow you to focus on your partner and your new baby.

Mother Care

                                                      Recovering From Birth


Nothing – but nothing – can prepare you for the mind-blowing impact of having a baby. Your nether regions will be very sore, your breasts will be tender, huge and unfamiliar, and you’re likely to be hormonal. The next few weeks will be a strange, dreamlike twilight zone, where night and day merge into one, and you wander around in an exhausted but (hopefully) euphoric haze. You’ll never know tiredness like this again, but there will be days when you’ll be so bursting with love for your baby, you’ll cry.

Immediately after the birth


If you gave birth in hospital, try to make the most of your time there to rest and learn about caring for your baby. The midwives will spend as much time with you as they can, helping you breastfeed and teaching you how to bathe the baby and change his nappy. But if you feel you’re not getting enough attention, it is important to say so. A midwife will also visit you regularly at home over the next few days, so make the most of her experience and ask anything you need to ask.


For the 10% of mums whose baby is whisked away at birth and placed in the hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit (known as SCBU), this is a worrying time, as they know doctors think their baby needs special medical attention. There’s no doubt it can be scary to see your vulnerable little newborn wired up in an incubator, but don’t forget your emotions are likely to be all over the place, and he really is in the best possible hands.

Back home with baby


Many mums spend a day or two in hospital after the birth, which means they get home just as their milk kicks in, the baby blues hit and everyone wants to come and visit. Try these coping tips:

• Forget about housework and cooking, just sleep when you can.
• Remind yourself continually that this chaos won’t last.
• Remind yourself that you need to rest to make milk for your baby (write it down and ask your partner to read it to you every morning).
• Don’t get hung up on bathtimes. If your baby loves a bath (and dads are just as good at doing baths as mum) then great. If he really doesn’t like being bathed, just ‘top and tail’ (wash face and bottom) for a few days.
• Don’t worry about daytime versus night-time clothes - your baby won’t know the difference. As long as he’s clean, he doesn’t need to be in a new outfit twice a day.
• If your baby is fractious, experiment with different holding positions and – if that fails – hand him to someone else. Quite often a calmer pair of arms (and a body that doesn’t smell of breast milk) will settle him. If there’s no one else around, place him in his cot/Moses basket, check he’s safe, then walk away for a few minutes. Sometimes babies get over-stimulated and just want a bit of time on their own to cool off.

Don’t torture yourself by trying to remember how many times you were up during the night so you can play ‘competitive exhaustion’ with your partner or other mums. Far better to just float through the night in a half-sleep daze with the lights dimmed and the clock turned to the wall. After a while you’ll wake up in the morning unable to remember whether you were up in the night or not.
Your post-birth body


Having been through birth, your body will need time to recover. You’ll be bleeding quite heavily (even if you’ve had a c-section), and your breasts will probably leak. Don’t expect to feel sexy! Your bedtime outfit will include: a sleep bra to hold breast pads in place; huge knickers stuffed with an industrial-size sanitary pad: and a big nightie to cover the whole lot up when you’re pacing the corridors all night. But rest assured, it will pass. Bleeding stops after about a month (sometimes much sooner), the leaky boobs will settle down once feeding gets into a rhythm, and eventually, your baby will adopt a sleeping routine which means you can spend most of the night in bed, ideally asleep!

Two weeks later


After two weeks your midwife will discharge you and your partner will most likely go back to work. This can be a tough time, as sleep-deprivation will be building up, and that initial ‘I’ve had a baby!’ euphoria could be wearing off. A happy, snoozy baby may develop colic (see our special feature), and crying levels could significantly increase. Try these tips:

Make the most of your health visitor. She’s a specialist in baby problems and will have lots of solutions for you to try

• Make use of visitors. Ask them to cuddle the baby while you have a bath. You don’t have to run around after them, they should be looking after you! 
• Never turn down any offer of help. In fact, write a list of jobs and allocate them to anyone who asks.
• If you’re beginning to feel as if everyone is interested in the baby and not you, say to yourself: ‘I grew this baby, I’m amazing, I matter’. And repeat it. Often.