fetal development and TORCH

11-14 weeks

sex identified via ultrasound

15-18 weeks

lanugo present(hair to protect baby)

19-22 weeks

client can feel quickening, meconium is present

23-27 weeks

viability, alveoli develop, production of surfactant, eyelids open/close, fat storage begins, fetus can hear

28-30 weeks

covered with vernix, babies have a better chance of survival with NICU care

31-34 weeks

rhythmic breathing, testes in scrotum

35-37 weeks

subcutaneous tissue developing more, suck reflex developed

37-40 weeks

full term, lungs ready to function, increased fat, breast buds present, less languno and vernix, skin may be cracked/wrinkled, fetus may pass meconium

TORCH infections

prenatal infections that lead to severe congential defects

toxoplasmosis

protozoa (undercooked meat and cat feces) leads to neurological disease, still birth, neonatal death

syphilis

rash, bone deformities, organ damage

zika virus

microcephaley, hearing loss

varicella-zoster virus

limb abnormalities, blindness

rubella

ocular defects, vision loss, heart defects ( prevented via rubella vac postpartum)

cytomegalovirus

defects in brain liver lung spleen growth

herpes simplex virus

transmission during birth, prevent outbreak through antivirals in 3rd trimester, c-section if active outbreak