Appendix 3
Movement and Learning Patterns of the Unborn Child and The Development of the Senses

 

Stretches

 

Timing

Source
First occur.
8th week after conception Roodenburg, p 33
First occur. 8 1/2 - 13 1/2 weeks after conception Nijhuis/de Vries, p 5
In a study of 9 fetuses, the median number of stretches was 6 per hour. 18th week after conception Roodenburg, p 28


 


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