Amazing facts concerning a baby within the mother`s womb.

18 days from conception.
A baby's heart begins to beat, and by 21 days the heart is pumping blood through a closed circulatory system.

4 weeks from conception.
A baby's eye, ear, and respiratory systems begin to form.

At 6 weeks from conception.
A baby's brainwaves can be detected.

At 7 weeks from conception.
Thumbsucking has been documented.

At 8 weeks from conception.
A baby's heartbeat can be detected by ultrasonic stethoscope.

By 9 weeks from conception.
A baby is able to bend its fingers around an object in its hand and feel pain. The severity of pain unborn babies experience

By 11 to 12 weeks from conception.
The baby is breathing fluid steadily and continues to do so until birth.

By 11 weeks from conception.
A baby can swallow.

Between 13 and 15 weeks from conception.
A baby's taste buds are present and functioning.

By 14 weeks from conception.
Fingerprints have formed on an unborn child's hands.

At 20 weeks, and perhaps as early as 16 weeks from conception.
A baby is capable of hearing its mother's heartbeat and external noises like music.

At 23 weeks from conception.
Babies have been shown to demonstrate rapid eye movements (REM), which are characteristic of active dream states.

At 6 months from conception.
A baby's oil and sweat glands are functioning.

At 7 months from conception.
A baby frequently "exercises" in preparation for birth by stretching and kicking.

At 8 months from conception.
A baby's skin begins to thicken, and it swallows a gallon of amniotic fluid each day and often hiccups.

During the ninth month from conception.
A baby gains half a pound per week. Of the 45 generations of cell divisions before adulthood, 41 have already taken place.


Source.

Little wonder that we read......
Psalm 139:14.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.