Pregnancy is typically broken into three periods, or trimesters, each of about three months.
I trimester-from the first day of the last menstrual period up to 12 weeks of pregnancy, II trimester-takes from 13 to 28 weeks of pregnancy and III trimester from 29 weeks of pregnancy until …show more content…
In the third trimester the baby grows and prepares for coming into the world. Therefore lungs are well developed and fingernails and toenails have begun to grow. Baby will begin to practice breathing, strengthen bones and open eyes. At times babies born with a genetic, congenital syndrome like Turners syndrome, which is caused by total or partial absence of one of the X chromosomes in all cells of the body, or some part of them. According to Donaldson (2006) that syndrome occurs in 1 out of 2000 born girls The most important features that occur in people with Turner syndrome are: low growth, poorly marked female attributes and in most cases, infertility. One of the most important features is the low growth in nearly 100% of the cases.
The average growth achieved by women with Turner syndrome is 143 cm and is about 20 cm lower than the average increase of women in the population. Body proportions of patients are not valid: they have short stature, webbed neck, and the lower limbs shortened in relation to the length of the trunk. In approximately 23-40% of patients with Turner syndrome have congenital heart