The fetus development phase in the age of 4 months pregnancy

The 4 months fetus development phase is began at the age of thirteen weeks of pregnancy up to 16 weeks of pregnancy. The fetus development in 13th weeks of age is marked by the functioning of the retina, cornea, and iris. Therefore the fetus can be able to wink his eyes and becomes sensitive toward the light. In this phase the fetus development is depended on the placenta which connects the fetus and his mother`s body to absorb the nutrition, dispose the metabolic waste, and filter the harmful substances.

In the age of 13 weeks, the skin, muscle, and other part of the fetus body has been formed properly. The fetus can be able to feel the mother`s heart beat and it has 7,5 cm of length. The trachea, lungs, stomach, liver, pancreas, and the intestines start developing to the last function. The vocal cord starts to be formed, the tooth buds start to grow by forming 20 tooth buds, the finger of the hands and foods start appearing. Let see the following explanation to know the fetus development in each weeks for 4 moths.

The fetus development in the 14th weeks of pregnancy can be marked by:

• The fetus`s ears are in proper position, including the eye position leads to the actual position.
• Neck began to lengthen so that the chin is no longer integrated with the chest.
• The external genitals begin to be more real, therefore it will be easier to identify the fetus`s gender by ultrasound.
• The fetus heart beat rate beat is almost 2 times faster than your heart rate.

The fetus development in the 15th weeks of pregnancy can be marked by:

• The fetus can be able to listen the mother`s sound, heart-beat, and the sound of stomach.
• His hair is starting to grow, including the growth of the eye brow, eyelash, and the fetus weight is about 114 gram while the fetus length is about 15 cm.
• The woman pregnancy can be seen clearly during this period, therefore the woman should wear the loose clothes to make her becomes more comfortable. This is because the skin and muscles, especially around the stomach will stretch. It has an incredible stretch to accommodate uterus enlarged. The strain lines which is visible is called striae and it will appear on the abdomen, breasts, hips and back.

The fetus development in the 16th weeks of pregnancy can be marked by:

• The fetus length is about 16 cm and his weight is about 135 gram. It will grow immediately and make some strong movement because his muscles have been developed well. It can make the woman to be able to feel the fetus movement by groping her stomach smoothly.
• The lanugo grows in whole of the fetus body surface. The placenta is formed and start to function.
• The fetus has started sucking his thumb, yawn, stretch the body, swallow the urine, and hiccups.
• If you put a bright light on the baby's stomach, the baby will move his hand toward his eyes.
• The digestive system of the fetus begin to function.

Summary:

• 4 months fetus development phase begins from the 13th weeks of age until 16th weeks,
• The growth of the fetus who is 14th weeks of age characterized by the neck began to lengthen so that the chin is no longer integrated with the chest.
• The length of fetus in last gestation of 4 months is 15 cm long, the weight is about 135 grams.

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healthy food for the pregnant woman for the second trimester

The second trimester is where the pregnant woman enters the 4th-6th months of pregnancy. In this period, the pregnant woman can enjoy some foods and beverages without any queasy like in the beginning of the pregnancy. During the second trimester, the pregnant woman should be able to maintain her weight by consuming some foods that contains a balance nutrition.

The need of nutrition for every pregnant woman will have a different portion, but the nutrition and vitamin supply is not very different. In 4-6 months of pregnancy, the pregnant woman is recommended to consume some foods that contains some vitamin, protein, and some kind of food which can improve the blood value, therefore the pregnant woman can avoid the risk of having anemia.

One of the vitamin which most needed during this period is the vitamin D and calcium, therefore the growth of the baby`s bone and teeth can be optimized. The pregnant woman needs to consume some foods which contains a high omega 3 fat acid to optimize the development of the baby`s brain.

This is the example of a healthy food serving for the pregnant woman in the second trimester:

Day	Menu
	Breakfast	Lunch	Snack	Dinner
Monday	Apple juice, porridge, milk	Salad, fruit	Cheese	chicken
Tuesday	Smoothies, pancake, fruits	Salad, fruits and chicken	Fruits	Salmon, boiled broccoli and boiled potatoes
Wednesday	Milk cereal with some fruits, smoothies	soup and cake	fruits	chicken
Thursday	Porridge, milk with some tea	fish	fruits	chicken or some food which contains a high protein
Friday	Wheat cake, yogurt	Soup	banana	Buttered fried chicken, or fried chicken
Saturday	Fruit juice, pancake, fruits	cakes	Fruits and pancake	Noodles, vegetables or chicken
Sunday	Fried eggs or boiled eggs, yogurt	soup and cakes	Wheat biscuits	Chicken or eggs

The table above is the example of some food serving which can be consumed by the pregnant woman as the healthy food alternative which should be consumed by the pregnant woman in the second trimester. You can make some changes to vary those food serving to reduce the boredom.

Summary:

• The pregnant woman in the second trimester should be able to maintain the nutritional foods
• A healthy food menu for the pregnant woman in the second trimester should be vary to reduce the boredom and to complete the nutrition supply,
• Vitamin D and calcium is needed to maximize the growth of the fetus bone and teeth.

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