|
Timeline of a pre
born child
The
timeline below only reinforces the awesome nature of God, the Author of
Life. Each of us started our lives in this manner.
And so it is with
each of God's precious children.
Immediately upon fertilization, cellular development begins. Even before
implantation, the sex of the new life can be determined.
At
implantation, the new life is composed of hundreds of cells and has
developed a protective hormone to prevent the mother's body from rejecting it as a foreign tissue
The Grassroots Abortion War
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007 By
NANCY GIBBS
At 17 days, the new life has developed its own blood cells; the
placenta is a part of the new life and not of the mother.
At 18 days, occasional pulsations of a muscle this will be the
heart.
At 19 days, the eyes start to develop.
At 20 days, the foundation of the entire nervous system has been
laid down.
At 24 days, the heart has regular beats or pulsations.
At 28 days, 40 pairs of muscles are developed along the trunk of
the new life, arms and legs are forming.
At 30 days, regular blood flow within the vascular system; the
ears and nasal development have begun.
At 40 days, the heart energy output is reported to be almost 20%
of an adult.
At 42 days, skeleton complete and the reflexes are present.
At 43 days, electrical brain
wave patterns can be recorded. This is usually ample evidence that
"thinking" is taking place in the brain.
At 49 days, the baby has the appearance of a miniature doll with
complete fingers, toes and ears.
At 56 days, all
organs functioning stomach, liver, kidney, brain all systems intact.
Lines in palms.
This is approximately two months before "quickening" yet there
is a new life with all of its parts needing only nourishment.
The mother
will usually not feel the child's movements until four months after
conception.
9th and 10th week, squints. swallows, retracts tongue.
11th and 12th week, arms and legs move, sucks thumb, inhales and
exhales amniotic fluid, nails appearing.
16 weeks, genital organs clearly differentiated, grasps with
hands. swims, kicks and turns somersaults (still not felt by mother).
18 weeks, vocal cords working -- can cry.
20 weeks, hair appears on head; weight--one pound; height--12
inches. A fetus (little one, child, baby) is essentially no different at
fertilization, 10 weeks, 20 weeks or 30 weeks.
A
person is a person, no matter how small.
|
