My Ego Is Prego

1. My Ego Is Prego By: Malcolm Thurber

2. Table of Contents • 1-Conseption • 2 to 10- The Three Trimesters • 11-Labor, the three stages • 12- Possible defects • 13- Prenatal care tips • 14-Glossary and other information

3. Conception • Conception is the point when the egg and sperm cells meet. At this exact moment, the fertilized egg is called a zygote. Other the course of nine months, the zygote becomes a newborn baby.

4. The First Month • The first trimester begins with the end on the first month, the baby is, at this point called an embryo. It begins to form a heart, brain, nervous system, and a pair of lungs. The digestive system forms as do the eyes and ears. The length is 1/3 of an inch and it weighs almost nothing.

5. The End of the Second month • By the end of the second month after pregnancy, arms and legs begin to form, as do fingers and toes, the heart becomes four chambers. The head becomes larger, a face begins to form. The baby is one inch long and is now called a fetus.

6. End of the first Trimester • The first external sex characteristics begin to appear • Some movement begins • Weight is about 1.5 ounces • Length is about 1.5 inches

7. End of the Fourth Month • Skin begins to develop • Fetus kicks its legs and waves their arms • Weight is about 6-7 ounces • Length is about 4-5 inches

8. The beginning of the 6th Month • Fine hair develop • Eyelashes and nails appear • Rate of growth slows • Weight is about one pound • Length is about 9-10 inches

9. End of the Second Trimester • At this point, the fetus responds to noise and pressure with movement • Heartbeat increases • The fetus moves vigorously • weight is about 1.5 pound • The length is roughly 11 inches

10. Month Seven • Your eyes begin to open • Legs and arms move more often • Weight is about 3 pounds • Length is about 15 inches

11. End of the 8th month • Almost all organs are complete • Weight is about 4 pounds • Length is about 18 inches

12. Just before Birth • Skin is smooth and polished • Eyes are slate covered • Birth weight is about 6-9 pounds • Birth length is about 19-21 inches

13. Labor- the three stages • First stage- Dilation of the cervix or effacement. • Contractions of the uterus allow the cervix • to dilate up to 10cm. This stage can last from 15 • minutes to over an hour • Second stage-Delivery of the baby, • the baby moves out of the uterus • into the birth canal. This stage lasts • thirty to ninety minutes. • Third stage- Delivery of the placenta • . This is when the placenta and other organs • to support the baby are ejected from the body. • This period last from ten to thirty minutes.

14. What went wrong? • There are many possible birth defects that a baby could have when born. • Miscarriage- a natural ending to a pregnancy, possibly because of health problems or a poor uterine lining. • Toxemia- A condition in which high blood pressure, sudden weight gain, blurred vision, head aches, and swelling of the hands and feet. It could be caused by poor nutrition or hereditary misfortune. • Premature birth- the baby is born before it is fully developed • F.A.S-severe birth effects or death caused by use of alcohol by the mother to be.

15. Prenatal care tips • There are many ways a mother can be cared for before the birth begins. • The care given to a mother to be and her unborn baby is called prenatal care, the doctor who specializes in this is called an obstetrician. • Some examples of prenatal care are: Avoid; drugs, alcohol, and smoking. And she should eat a healthy diet.

16. Different kinds of birth • Still birth- A birth were the child is dead before birth occurred • Breach birth- when a child comes out of the mother butt first • Natural birth- A birth in which the mother uses no medications during labor • Cesarean birth-The process that doctors take when a child is to large in which they cut open the front of the waste line and take the child out by hand

17. Other information • Braxton hicks- Fake contractions to prepare the mother for labor. • Contractions- The stretching and shrinking of the cervix to prepare a mother for labor. • Epidural- The medical process in which doctors insert a needle into the spine to dull the pain of labor. • Agar scale- A scale of 1-9 that tests the health of the newborn baby. • Amniocentesis- Removable of some amniotic fluid from the amniotic sac. • Ultra sound- The use of sonic waves to take pictures of a developing baby.