this was a project for my child development class...i think i did horrible

1. Human Fetal Development
Month 7
Week 28-31

3. Weight
∞ By this month you have gained about 27
pounds from when you weren’t pregnant; so
basically you are putting on a pound per
week
Continued breast growth
∞ By now you have an additional 2lbs. Of
breast tissue
Braxton Hicks contractions
∞ These contractions are warm-ups for the real
thing. They're usually weak and come and go
unpredictably.

4. Backaches
∞ As the baby continues to gain weight, pregnancy
hormones relax the joints between the bones in
your pelvic area. These changes can be tough on
your back.
Shortness of Breath
∞ You might get winded easily as your uterus
expands beneath your diaphragm, the muscle just
below your lungs
Heartburn
∞ During the third trimester, the growing uterus
might push your stomach out of its normal

5. Frequent Urination
∞As the baby moves deeper into your
pelvis, you'll feel more pressure on
your bladder
∞This extra pressure might also cause
you to leak urine — especially when
you laugh, cough or sneeze

8. ∞ A normal weight for a fetus at 7
months is 2 ½ to 3 ½ pounds
∞ The normal length of a fetus this
age is 14inches to 15 inches (36
cm to 37 cm)

9. ∞ Increasing body fat
∞ Bones at this stage are fully
developed
∞ Descent of testes from the
abdomen to the scrotum (boys)
∞ All organs undergo functional
maturation

10. ∞ Fetus can now blink
∞ Now able to hiccup
∞ Moves around
∞ Settles into position for birth
∞ Hands and feet become more
active
∞ Baby exercises by kicking and
stretching
∞ The baby can also now grasping
motions and now like to suck his
thumb

11. ∞ Taste buds are forming
∞ Hearing is fully developed so
they can hear everything
∞ Eyes remain open for short
periods of time

12. ∞ In the State of
Connecticut, abortion at this
stage isn’t an option

13. ∞ Toxoplasma: ∞ Syphilis Bacteria
• Cats are a known host (STI):
of this and humans • Effects on your baby:
can be infected with liver and spleen
this if cat feces aren't’ enlargement,
handled properly dysfunction, skin
• It can also be rashes, vision
contracted by eating deterioration, deaf,
under cooked meat teeth take on a conic
• Effects on your baby: shape
underdevelopment of • Some babies wont
brain, blindness or show signs of early
seizures congenital syphilis
until the age of 8

14. ∞ Cocaine ∞ Nicotine
• Using cocaine • Decreased blow flow
during pregnancy from the uterus,
can lead to: diminishes oxygen
development supply to fetus=fetal
hollows in the brain, hypoxia
heart defects, LBW • Retardation
(low birth weight), • Pre-mature
placental abruption
• LBW(low birth
weight)

17. Bibliography
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/rzOvd8MarNk_
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3M/s1600/cute-black-baby.jpg
http://onlinenursepractitionerschools.co
m/40-truly-amazing-facts-about-
babies/
http://www.babycenter.com/0_your-7-
month-olds-development_724.bc

18. Link to video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBFv
ZoECv1M