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Subject: Re: SCARED!!!! Author: Kris [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:24:02 09/29/06 Fri In reply to: Stacie 's message, "SCARED!!!!" on 12:44:46 09/28/06 Thu Dear Stacie, I think you should slow down and think about this a liitle longer. You said "right away" you scheduled an abortion - have you looked into anything further about that? You're asking people here about it - and that's a good start. You should also click over to the "Post Abortion" support board (there's a link at the top of the main page here) and read some of what the women have posted there. It is pretty eye opening when you read through the posts. I think it's very important to note that an abortion is a PERMANENT answer to a TEMPORARY problem. Life's issues of finances and surrounding circumstances always change - but living with such a serious decision for the rest of your life should not be handled "right away" IMHO. Hang in there - there really is a lot of support for women in your position. There's plenty of financial aid available and you may even consider adoption. Kris [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: SCARED!!!! Author: Brook [Edit] Date Posted: 17:51:05 09/30/06 Sat I know you may feel scared but there are worst scenarios. Taking a human life is a very serious decision and worth the effort of research. Both for the life of your baby and your emotional health. Statistics show 1 out of 3 Women who terminate a pregnancy become suicidal.Here is some facts about the stage of your pregnancy. The cells that will make up all of your baby's body parts and systems are dividing furiously as her body begins to take shape. Right now she's about the size of a small lentil bean (4 to 5 millimeters across). If you could see through your uterine wall, you'd find an overlarge head and dark spots where her eyes and nostrils are beginning to take shape. Shallow pits on the sides of her head mark her developing ears, and her arms and legs appear as protruding buds. Her hands and feet look like paddles, with thick webbing between the developing digits, but her fingers and toes will soon become more distinct. Below the opening that will later be your baby's mouth, there are small folds where her neck and lower jaw will eventually develop. (Inside, her tongue and vocal cords are just beginning to form.) Your baby's heart (which is starting to divide into the right and left chambers) is beating about 100 to 130 beats per minute — almost twice as fast as yours — and blood is beginning to circulate through her body. Her intestines are developing and tiny breathing passages are beginning to appear where her lungs will be. She's also starting to build muscle fibers and, halfway through this week, she'll likely start moving her tiny limbs. Unfortunately, you'll probably have to wait until you're several weeks into your second trimester before you get to enjoy feeling your baby's calisthenics. Hope this info was helpful. I'll keep you and your Baby in my prayers.

[> [> Subject: Re: SCARED!!!! Author: Pat [Edit] Date Posted: 00:32:50 10/01/06 Sun Hi, Brook, Would you be willing to tell us where you got the information about the baby's development? It is possible that your information is about a younger baby. It depends on whether she is calculating from her last menstrual period or from the gestational age she thinks the baby might be. By the time you read my response, her baby is almost certainly much larger and more developed. The development of individual organs starts with the primitive streak, which is actually the spinal cord. This leads to the development of the neural network. The neural network must be developed and functioning for the organs to form. By this time, also, the baby's heart has begun to beat. The only way the baby's heart can beat is if there is an impulse from the brain, which travels through the vagus nerve to the heart. If this impulse does not take place, the cells of the heart will each beat independently, which leads to fibrillation. The fact a heartbeat exists demonstrates that there is brain activity. Here is a picture of a baby at about this age: photo. This is one of the most heavily documented photos in the area of medical photography. It won first place in a competition of medical photographs. This is a baby which is only 4 weeks gestational age. Please note that the baby is considerably larger than a lentil bean. The baby is close to the length of the man's thumb. Although the photo is not real clear, you can also see that the baby has eyes and fingers. The dark area is the baby's liver. Doctors present when a baby this age has been observed say that the fingers are long and tapering and become blunt in appearance only when the sac is punctured. A baby this age will swim around in the amniotic sac at the rate of about one time a second, using a natural swimmer's stroke. This baby is far more developed than your description. Most abortionists won't do an abortion much before eight weeks because they have trouble finding the baby earlier than that. By eight weeks, the body is completely formed. It is important to make sure that the information about the baby's development doesn't come from a site which has an agenda. That's why I urge you to check your source carefully. But the facts I have given you are widely known. I hope this helps. Pat