OMNIO ACTIVITY TABLE – FIRST MONTH KALALA

                       
Biologically speaking, fertilization (or conception) is the beginning of human development. Fertilization normally occurs within several hours of ovulation. The result is a single-cell embryo called a zygote and it is the first cell of the human body.
The zygote is encased by its protective covering and contains 46 unique chromosomes with the entire genetic blueprint of a new individual. Chromosomes contain tightly packed, tightly coiled molecules called DNA. Amazingly, DNA contains all the instructions needed for this single-cell embryo to develop into an adult.
The primary event of the second week is implantation. Once superficial implantation occurs, the embryo begins receiving nourishment directly from the cells lining the mother’s uterus.
As implantation is underway a structure called the yolk sac forms. The yolk sac is a structure that provides nutrients from the mother to the embryo before the placenta is ready to function. The epiblast also gives rise to the entire head and body of the embryo.
Approximately 8 days after fertilization, cells from the growing embryo begin producing a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin .This hormone is present in a pregnant woman’s blood and urine almost immediately and is the substance detected by most pregnancy tests. HCG interrupts the normal menstrual cycle allowing pregnancy to continue.
[Ref: Prenatal Overview by the Endowment for Human Development]

Baby Development Area
Omnio Activity
Props /Assistance
Physical Development 
Focus on Nature with relaxed breathing
Open Areas like parks, garden etc
Emotional Development
Resolve to remain unperturbed with the emotion of  Fear; if it surfaces repeatedly educate your child to reject it through mind talk 

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Intellectual Development
Subliminal Sama Veda chants - use an authentic Vedic chanting audio file and play it before you sleep allowing it to continue through your sleep time. 
Do not use ear phones.


Sama Veda Chanting 
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Sensorial Development
Focus on textures, smells and tastes in the kitchen/house
Grains, Vegetables, Food Stuff available in the kitchen
Creative Development
Start a small size Cross Stitch job : choose a geometric design and use VIBGYOR colours.  
A small piece of Cloth to be made into a Hand Kerchief, Table cloth etc
Spiritual Development 
Reconcile with your Parents any childhood issues weighing heavily on your mind. Express gratitude and forgive unconditionally
If you are in a different place, make a special phone call to them. 
Devotional Development
Crystallise your intention for child birth with a deity or a devotional icon
Choose an Idol or Photograph of  a Deity like Krishna, Lakshmi etc.

Once implantation is complete, the embryo continues to grow inside the wall of the uterus. It’s hard to believe, but development progresses so quickly that just 10 days after implantation is complete, the embryo’s heart begins to beat!
Even before a woman is noticeably pregnant, her intake of food and beverage passes through the developing placenta and umbilical cord to nourish (or harm) the growing embryo. The use of harmful substances during pregnancy is doubly damaging because the woman and embryo / fetus may suffer significant harm.
Following implantation, maternal and embryonic tissues combine and begin to form the placenta.
Once the placental circulation is in place; nutrients, oxygen, vitamins, and water in the mother’s blood stream pass through the placenta and umbilical cord to the embryo (and later the fetus); while carbon dioxide and other waste flows back to the mother. The placenta also produces hormones and maintains fetal temperature above the mother’s temperature - between approximately 100.7 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit or 38.2 to 39.2 degrees Celsius. A twisting cord of blood vessels, called the umbilical cord, connects the embryo to the placenta. The best intensive care units found in modern hospitals hardly rival the placenta’s life-support capabilities.
By about 15 days (2 weeks, 1 day) following fertilization, stem cells have divided and differentiated into three different germ layers called ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm. Each gives rise to major components of specific body structures and organs. Ectoderm derivatives include the skin, nails, hair follicles, sweat glands, and nerves within the lungs. Another specialized layer of cells appearing at this time is the neuroectoderm, which gives rise to the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, as well as many of the muscles and bones in the face.
Endoderm forms the lining of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts and gives rise to major portions of internal organs including the lungs, liver, pancreas, and intestines.
Mesoderm derivatives include the heart, kidneys, bones, muscles, and blood vessels as well as portions of the reproductive and urinary systems. Mesoderm also gives rise to specialized cells called somites. These cells form most of the skull and ribs as well as the vertebral column or backbone. All of these cell layers and cell types work in concert forming the increasingly complex embryo.
By day 17 the central portion of the thyroid gland appears. The embryo’s respiratory system begins to develop by 3 weeks with an outgrowth of the foregut which will form the windpipe.
The site of future brain development is first recognizable with the appearance of the neural plate by 2 weeks, 4 days. By 3 weeks the neural plate thickens first at the head end of the embryo and folds into the neural tube which will form the brain and the spinal cord. By 3 weeks, the 3 primary sections of the brain are identifiable. These sections are called the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain.
The complexity achieved by the embryo in just the first 3 weeks of development is incredible. Considering the importance of distributing nutrients to the emerging brain and spinal cord, as well as the rest of the embryo, the early development of the circulatory system is not surprising.
Yet the early completion of this body system – the first system to begin functioning – is remarkable. By 3 weeks early blood cell precursors appear in the yolk sac. Also by 3 weeks, early blood vessels form throughout the embryo as the network of the early circulatory system begins to take shape. In the middle of week 3, only 18 days after fertilization, the embryo’s heart appears.
Only 3 weeks and 1 day after fertilization - the heart begins to beat. By 4 weeks, the heart typically beats between 105 and 121 times per minute. Between fertilization and birth, the heart beats approximately 54 million times, while over the course of an 80-year lifespan, the heart beats over 3.2 billion (3.2 × 109) times!
Between 3 and 4 weeks, the body plan emerges as rapid growth of the relatively flat embryo - particularly that of the central nervous system, causes a dramatic folding of the embryo. This folding forms the chest and abdominal cavities and incorporates a portion of the yolk sac which becomes the lining of the digestive and respiratory tracts. Thus, development of the digestive system is underway just 4 weeks after fertilization. 
Upper and lower limb buds appear by four weeks. Somites will also form the bones of the spinal column, skull, sternum, and ribs. Skeletal muscles eventually enable you to move your body.
A transparent sac called the amnion which was formed by 2 weeks, begins to surround the entire embryo by four weeks. Filled with amniotic fluid, this sterile liquid suspends and protects the developing embryo. This fluid also facilitates lung development, allows swallowing, and later provides nutrients. 

[Scientific Facts included are presented in Prenatal Overview by the Endowment for HumanDevelopment
The table of activities are created and distributed by Omnio Future]