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There are several reasons why a mother’s voice turns out to be so important to her baby. During womb life, the baby is better equipped to hear the high-pitched voice of the mother than the low-pitched voice of the father.A 2nd reason the mother’s voice is favored over that of the father is that the pre born hears more by bone conduction than by air conduction.Dads need to get closer,speak clearly and talk higher.

Besides the special sensory cells of Corti packed densely in the ear, the information reaches the ear by 2 other routes: air conduction and bone conduction. Researchers believe babies begin hearing as early as the 18w of pregnancy. By 28w, the baby’s response to sound are so consistent that functional, interactive hearing seems sure.

Hearing is the sonic link between you and your baby, a bridge of learning and communication with the big world out there. The detection of sound makes possible the birth of speech. Signs of ear development can be seen in your prenate only one week after conception.

True self-regulation of body temperature takes the newborn about a week to develop. The newborn’s body temperature is best regulated when the baby is kept in close contact with the mother.
Taste buds start appearing at 8w and reach adult form by 13w. The baby is having taste experience for about 25w before birth. After birth, the baby will have definite taste preferences.

The volume of amniotic fluid reaches its maximum between 28 and 32 weeks of pregnancy, and until that time the passenger can lie well stretched out. From then on, with decreasing fluid and increasing body bulk, comfort becomes more of a challenge.

The neuropeptides link 3 systems: the nervous system (brain, spinal cord and senses), the endocrine system (hormones) and the immune system (spleen, bone marrow, lymph nodes and other special cells that fight disease).
The attention was shifted from nerve synapses as the critical junction for information processing, to receptor sites throughout the preborn’s body and brain where info is received from neuropeptides