Speech On Health And Social Care Of Teenage Pregnancy

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Congratulations on your pregnancy! I am so happy for you and very excited to meet your new baby, or maybe even babies! As I am sure you know, it is especially important to be maintaining a healthy life style while one is pregnant.
Your baby’s heart begins to beat in by the 22-23 day, it is the first functioning embryonic organ that is formed. From the second to eighth week your baby is at high risk for major structural abnormalities. It is until about the 6th or 7th week into your pregnancy that the baby’s heart is the most greatly sensitive to teratogens and even after that time frame your baby’s heart is still sensitive to teratogens however, much less than the earlier weeks. By the end of the first month the placenta has developed but your baby is about the size of a grain of rice! …show more content…

Any disturbance from drugs, viruses, or environmental factors such as pesticides may cause birth defects. His or her head is roughly half the size of it’s length. Eyelids form and grow but remain shut until end of the fourth month (Storck). The inner ear, toes, fingers, joints, and sexual organs are developing throughout the second month. If it is a boy, the penis will begin to form and if it is a girl, the vagina begins to form. By the end of the second month, this tiny, roughly one-inch-long baby is still extremely sensitive and its tiny ears and eyes are especially susceptible to damage. By the end of the second month, your little baby-embryo has graduated to being called a

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