Ultrasound in the First Trimester.....

Now you know you are pregnant.....embryo has a beating heart and you are feeling sick, tired and your breast are so sore!
But what is actually happening.....how is your baby developing........

8 weeks pregnant:-
 This week, many changes take place in your baby, who now measures about 1.6cm. The embryonic tail is just about gone, and all  organs, muscles and nerves are beginning to function. In the embryos brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. Your baby's hands now bend at the wrist, and there feet are starting to lose their webbed appearance. The eyelids cover more of the eyes and tastebuds are forming on the tongue.

By 12 weeks :- Your baby is about 5.4cm long from crown to rump CRL (head to bum) and weighs slightly less than 14g. Fetal nerve cells have been multiplying rapidly and the neurological connections in the brain (synapses) are forming. The fetus can close their fingers, curl their toes and clench their eye muscles.
All the while, your baby's face is beginning to look more human. Their eyes, which started out on the sides of the head, have moved closer together. The ears are almost in their final positions on the side of the head. Inside the body, the organs are performing more complex tasks. The liver is making bile and the kidneys are secreting urine into the bladder

FIRST TRIMESTER SCREENING / NUCHAL TRANSLUNCY:-
A nuchal scan is a sonographic prenatal  screening scan  to help identify higher risks of Down syndrome in a fetus. High thickness measurements are also associated with heart defects / problems. The scan is carried out at 11–13.6 weeks pregnancy and assesses the amount of fluid behind the neck of the fetus - 'the nuchal translucency'. This together with a simple blood test can can give you an individual risk of Down Syndrome for this pregnancy. Any risk less than 1:150 is deemed has a high risk pregnancy, this is when diagnostic screening ( eg amniocentesis) maybe considered



At this stage the fetus begins to look & act human on 3D/4D technology!



13 week thumb sucker

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