7. 9th week to birth embryology
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Sex Chromosomes
• XX = Female• XY = Male• XO = Female, Turner’s Syndrome• XXY = Male, Kleinfelter’s Syndrome• XYY = Male, Double Y Syndrome• Fragile X = Male or Female
Berch & Bender (1987); Berger, K. S. (2006); Doyle & Paludi (1998).
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Part I
Prenatal Development and Birth
Chapter Four
From Zygote to Newborn
Risk Reduction
Birth
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From Zygote to Newborn• Prenatal development is divided into three
main periods:– Germinal period (0-2 weeks)– Embryonic period (3-8 weeks)– Fetal period (9 weeks-birth)
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Timing
• Pregnancy begins at conception– Start of gestational age
– Obstetrician may use LMP – 14 days before conception
• Length of pregnancy– 266 days, 38 weeks, or 9 months
– LMP = 40 weeks
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Timing
• Trimesters (3 mo.) vs. germinal, embryonic, and fetal periods
• Due date– Based on LMP
– 5% babies born on that date
– Full term = 3 weeks early or 2 weeks late (preterm and post-term)
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• Germinal period:– First two weeks of prenatal development after
conception– Characterized by rapid cell division and the
beginning of cell differentiation
Germinal: The First 14 Days
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• Embryonic period: – Approximately the third through eighth week after
conception • all body structures, including internal organs,
begin to develop
• Fetal period: – Stage of prenatal development from ninth week
after conception until birth, during which the organs grow in size and mature in functioning
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Germinal: The First 14 Days
• Implantation: – process in which
developing organism burrows into placenta that lines uterus
• Placenta: – organ that surrounds
developing embryo and fetus, sustaining life via the umbilical cord
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• Embryo: a developing human organism from about the third through the eighth week after conception
Embryo: From the Third Through the Eighth Week
4 weeks ¼ in. 5 weeks 7 wks. <1 in. 8 wks. 1 in.
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• The developing organism is called a fetus from the start of the ninth week after conception until birth
Fetus: From the Ninth Week Until Birth
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• At the end of the third month, the fetus has all its body parts
• Weighs approximately 3 ounces and is about 3 inches long
The Third Month
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• In the fourth, fifth and sixth months:– Heartbeat becomes
stronger– Cardiovascular system
becomes more active – Brain increases about six
times in size
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• Age of viability: age at which a fetus can survive outside the mother’s uterus if specialized medical care is available
– About 22 weeks after conception
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Final 3 Months• Brain waves indicate responsiveness• Lungs expand and contract, using the
amniotic fluid as a substitute for air• Heart valves, arteries, and veins circulate the
fetal blood
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Risk Reduction
• Teratogens: agents and conditions that can– Harm the prenatal brain– Impair the future child’s intellectual and emotional
functioning
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• Once it was thought the placenta screened out all harmful substances.
Determining Risk
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– Teratology: science of risk analysis, the study of birth defects
– Risk analysis: to determine likelihood of harm, science of weighing the potential effects of a particular:
– event – substance– experience
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Timing of Exposure
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– Threshold effect: situation in which a certain teratogen is relatively harmless in small doses but harmful once exposure reaches certain level (the threshold)• Vitamin A beneficial in low doses, dangerous
in high doses
– Interaction effect: result of a combination of teratogens• Alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana
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Genetic Vulnerability– Dizygotic twins, exposed to same teratogens
but have only half their genes in common, are born with different abnormalities• Suggests both protective and vulnerable genes
– Cleft lip, cleft palate, club foot more common in some families• Suggests genetic vulnerability
– Neural tube defects
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Protective Measures
• Impact of teratogens cannot be predicted before mid-pregnancy
• Some pregnant women are exposed to the tetragons with no evident harm
• Some defects occur even though the woman avoids all known tetragons while pregnant
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A View From Science
• Alcohol in high doses is a proven teratogen• 40 years ago drinking during pregnancy was
believed to be harmless • Obstetricians noted that some patients who
drank heavily while they were pregnant had babies with distorted faces
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• Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS): cluster of birth defects – Abnormal facial characteristics – Slow physical growth– Cognitive delays or deficits– Impulsiveness
• Fetal alcohol effects (FAE): condition in which child has been exposed to alcohol before birth– Some signs of fetal alcohol syndrome but does not
meet all the criteria
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Benefits of Prenatal Care
• Tests done during pregnancy can diagnose problems early on, and remedies can be put in place in some instances
• Sonogram: image of unborn fetus (or an internal organ) produced by high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound)
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• For full-term fetus and a healthy mother, birth can be simple and quick
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The Newborn’s First Minutes
• Most newborns begin to breathe as soon as their head emerges.– first breath causes infant’s color to change– eyes open wide – the tiny fingers grab – toes stretch and retract– mucus in the baby’s throat is removed– umbilical cord is cut to detach the placenta– placenta is expelled
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Apgar scale: quick assessment of newborn’s condition including:– the baby’s color – heart rate– reflexes– muscle tone– respiratory effort
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Medical Intervention
• About 31% of births in the U.S. are cesarean section, (also called c-section)
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Birth In Developing Nations
• In the U.S. only 1% of births take place at home.
• Worldwide most births occur at home• Doula- a woman who helps with the birth
process- Also helps with breastfeeding and newborn care
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• Anoxia:– lack of oxygen that can cause brain damage or
death to the baby– means “no oxygen”
• Cerebral palsy: – disorder that results from damage to brain’s motor
centers– People with cerebral palsy have difficulty with
muscle control, so their speech and body movements are impaired.
Anoxia
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• Average weight of a newborn is 7½ lbs.– Low birthweight (LBW): a body weight at
birth of less than 5½ lbs.– Very low birthweight (VLBW): a body
weight at birth of less than 3 lbs, 5oz.– Extremely low birthweight (ELBW): a body
weight at birth of less than 2 lbs, 3 oz.
Low Birthweight (LBW)
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• Preterm birth: occurs 3 or more weeks before full 38 weeks of a typical pregnancy– Preterm babies are typically (but not always)
LBW because they miss final weeks of weight gain
– Small for dates or small for gestational age (SGA)- birth weight is lower than expected given the time of conception
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Social Support
• The developing person is affected by quality of:– medical care – education – culture – social support
• Fathers and other relatives, neighbors, cultures, and, clinics can reduce risk of birth complications
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Mothers, Fathers, and a Good Start
• Birth complications can have a lingering impact on the new family, depending partly on:– sensitivity of hospital care – the home
• To reduce stress on an infant who has to stay in the hospital, parents are encouraged to help with early caregiving.
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• Kangaroo care: form of child care in which the mother of a low-birthweight infant spends at least an hour a day holding the baby between her breast, like a kangaroo
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Help from Fathers
• Fathers can be crucial in the effort to produce a healthy baby.
• Supportive father-to-be helps a mother-to-be:– stay healthy– well nourished– drug-free
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• Parental alliance: cooperation between a mother and a father based on mutual commitment to their children
• Parents agree to support each other in their shared parental roles
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• New mother’s feelings of inadequacy and sadness in days and weeks after giving birth including:– irritability– eating disruptions – sadness– feeling overwhelmed and inadequate
• Affects 10-15% of women
Postpartum Depression
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• Parent-infant bond: strong, loving connection that forms as parents hold, examine, and feed newborn
Bonding