The zygote cell is the first stage of the embryo. The zygote contains DNA from both parents which create a unique new identity that has never existed. That is the start of a baby, therefore a pregnancy is not just the woman and her body; new life has already begun since the zygote has the four criteria needed to establish biological life which include growth, metabolism, reaction to a stimuli, and reproduction. About 22 days after conception the baby’s heart begins to circulate its own blood and a heartbeat can be detected and by six weeks that same baby has facial features and brain activity has begun. By after just 10 short weeks, still in the first trimester, the baby can…
A few weeks after conception, the heart takes up most of the space in the fetus’ midsection. At first the heart is just a tube, but it grows so fast that it starts to take up a lot of space. In order to conserve space, it bends and twists into the commonly known shape. It starts out beating 90 times per minute due to the intense need for oxygen and slows down to 70 beats per minute by the age 18.…
Birth – contractions + labour, neonate relies on parent for survival (no bladder control, no movement control, only absorb milk in digestive system)…
A baby can turns its head from side to side when lying on the back or belly, and can move its hands and arms…
Gwen (Sandra Bullock) plays a party girl journalist from New York. Her sister is an uptight controlling bride to be. They were raised by an alcoholic single mother. At her sister’s wedding she arrived late and added another great disappointment to her sister as she fell into the cake and stole the limo to find a cake store. Gwen then crashed into a house and was ordered by the court to go to jail or to check in to a Rehab Center.…
Although this collection of cells begin to organize rapidly into the brain, nervous system, circulatory system, muscles, and skeletal structure, the appearance for many weeks is grotesque, not even resembling human form. The point at which I think the life can be considered human is when brain signals can be detected and the fetus has taken on a human appearance. This occurs around 12 weeks. Until this point I do not consider abortion to be the taking of a human life. However after 3 months, abortion, is not justified unless there was a great danger to the mother's life. In fact, this is the point at which the embryo (a swelling) changes its name to be a fetus (meaning young one or…
Fast growth and asleep for a lot of the time,swallowing, sucking, rooting, grasps your finger…
Many different contexts play a part in forming our identity. Where you live, who you live with, how financially strong you are all contribute to your perception of troubled times. If you live in a slum – like the boys from “Trash” by Andy Mulligan – then your identity, life and perception of troubled times would be different to that of a person from a 1st world country such as Australia. In my essay, I will demonstrate why troubled times differ depending on our contexts. I will explain why our geographical, personal, financial, working and political contexts shape our perception of troubled times…
By the time the mother even realizes she is pregnant, her baby contains its own set of DNA. In a matter of a few short weeks, the baby has a heartbeat of its own, along with developing organs. At 25 weeks, the baby has regular brain waves and activity. Therefore, the popular argument that a pregnant woman can take the life of her baby because its, “part of her body,” is ridiculous. The baby is its own separate person with its own rights.…
In the movie 28 days, emotional and physical the ups and downs of Gwen while in the treatment center are shown through many things and people. The movie itself is about this woman who is an alcohol abuser, and is forced to be put in a treatment after she screws up her sisters wedding and destroys property. It shows the different activities in the center that are used to cure everybody.…
quickening/movement is usually felt around 20 weeks, may be as early as 16 weeks but first time mothers don't usually notice it as early…
Thesis: The characters in 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days all experience the same struggle of making decisions under circumstances, one may forget the importance of having a choice at all. With uncertainty and the lack of trust of another individual and their decisions, one will face the risks of losing everything.…
My 1st grade teacher would have asked me “where do you see you self in the future?” my response would have been “a professional basketball player or an astronaut. I’m now 18 years old, and my writing teacher asked me that same question. This time my response will be realistic and more attainable.…
The perceived foetal movement known as quickening was only historically relevant. Quickening was the only way for a mother to know with certainty that she is pregnant. It had a morally significance in so far as the movement signalled the existence of another being. Now we do not have any reason to believe as Aristotle had that life and sensation begins at quickening. Even the actual foetal movement as compared to the conceived foetal movement is not a promising criterion in the presence of much more sophisticated criteria, such as, brain wavs, initial brain activity and cortical brain activity.…
A boarding school is a school where some or all students study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals. Some boarding schools also have day students that attend the institution by day and return off-campus to their families in the evenings. Some students enjoy it, some tolerate it, and some hate it. Everybody has something to say about the school they have been to. Having spent the better part of one’s formative years in any institution one naturally has strong feelings about it. I believe I am a better person because of having spent the formative years in a boarding school.…