Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Calendar 2024
May 2024: The Largest Organ
Season 1, Episode 6
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09-May-2023
The skin begins to form very early, around 5-8 weeks after fertilization and it is the largest organ. The skin continues to grow with the body and replaces cells, when needed, to keep a healthy covering over the body.
Dr. Kaia Kloster presents the late Dr. David Menton's discussion of the skin; marveling at the intricacies of the skin and how God has woven our bodies together in the mother's womb. As told in Psalm 139: 13-14, "For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well."
Up Next in Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Calendar 2024
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June 2024: A Beating Heart
Dr. Kaia Kloster discusses the remarkable development of the heart in the womb, and the transformation that occurs once the baby is born.
By day 22, the baby has a detectable heartbeat. By week 8, the heart looks and functions very much as it will at birth. While in the womb, the baby's lungs ...
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July 2024: A Working Brain
Dr. Kaia Kloster discusses the baby's development of the central nervous system and the brain. Development of the central nervous system begins as early as 3 weeks after fertilization. At 6 weeks, electrical activity begins in the brain. The brain triples in size during the third trimester in th...
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August 2024: A Unique Identifier
Dr. Jennifer Rivera discusses the further transformation of the skin as the baby develops in the womb. The outside layer of the baby's skin is smooth until around week 10 when a deeper layer of skin starts growing faster than the layers above it, making it buckle and fold. God designed the patte...
