Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Fifth month- fetal development


By 20 weeks the baby will have grown to 1 pound or 454grams and though small and fragile she can hear and recognize her mother’s voice. They started to do thumb sucking which is their practice sucking for breastfeeding when they come out.
The expectant mother will be feeling the baby move even more and using an ultrasound device the doctor can tell if the child is a boy or a girl.
Although vision is the last sense to develop there is sometimes just enough light filtered through the mother’s tissue that a fetal baby can respond when the mother is in bright light.

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