Pregnancy First TrimesterThe First Month
Congratulations, you are pregnant!!! This is
Pregnancy First Trimester
, and the beginning of the most amazing chapter in your life, and the life of your partner. In this section we are going to explain exactly what is happening inside your uterus, and how incredible of a miracle it is! Your baby at conception is even smaller then a grain of rice! But although small, he or she is undergoing HUGE changes. This is a great time to take charge (pregnancy first trimester), and ensure yourself and your baby a very
healthy pregnancy and delivery
. You can do this by keeping your weight gain in check, exercising and taking your prenatal vitamins starting right now, pregnancy first trimester.
Week 2: At the end of this week, beginning of next is when you conceived. Intercourse had to have occurred at just the right time, the right time being ovulation. If sperm were present when your egg was released from the ovary...conception occurs.
Bloating pregnancy sign???
Week 4: You may be feeling the effects of the growing embryo inside of you. The toll a small little, itty-bitty person can have on a woman’s body is tremendous.
At the end of this week ends your first month! (You are 1/9 of the way done!) Oh happy day. “Not bad”, you may be thinking, but just hold on, because the weeks only get more interesting...this is ONLY pregnancy first trimester. Although your baby may resemble more of a tadpole than your Aunt Betty, this lump of cells now has a head, an opening for the mouth, a rudimentary brain, and a heart! As for legs and arms, they are coming soon. Though you may not feel pregnant yet, or maybe you just feel like you have the flu, you are certainly pregnant (in pregnancy first trimester), and should be thinking about how to break the news to your families!
Summary of Month 1: If you haven’t already you should begin taking prenatal vitamins. Regular women's vitamins are no longer adequate for your changing body. You need a vitamin with the right amounts of
folic acid (to prevent neural tube deficiencies), iron (your blood supply will almost double),
calcium (if the baby can’t get enough calcium from your diet, it gets it then from your bones! Not good for you!), etc.
Emotionally you may be feeling a little insecure, moody, fearful, or be extremely elated. Many women call the pregnancy first trimester the worst trimester because for most of it you feel sick, pimply, scared, and you begin to gain weight but still don’t look or feel pregnant. For many women, it isn’t until the first ultrasound or the first felt kick, that a woman actually feels pregnant. It is hard to convince yourself sometimes, even with a positive pregnancy test, and morning sickness that indeed you are pregnant.
The pregnancy first trimester also tends to be when symptoms such as constipation in pregnancy and bloating in pregnancy occur. Although these two symptoms contribute one to another, you can have one or the other. Some women (although not as common as constipation) experience diarrhea or loose stools at the beginning of pregnancy. Doctors are not exactly sure why this is, but some believe it is the extra progesterone that may cause the loose stools. **When you should be worried enough to call your doctor during pregnancy first trimester: * Severe pain in your lower abdomen with bleeding, nausea and or vomiting * Swelling of face and or hands * Pain and swelling in eyes, face, hands accompanied by a headache * Blurry vision * Severe vomiting with pain or fever * Heavy vaginal bleeding * Frequent diarrhea, with blood or lots of mucous * Light spotting- even though probably not an emergency, you should still get checked out Cure your constipation in pregnancy now! Visit Hemorrhoid Miracle! The Second Monthweeks 5-8Your clothes are probably getting tighter now, as your nice curvy waist begins to disappear. Your pants as well as your bra may be too small now to support your ever changing body. By the end of this month your uterus which usually is no bigger than a fist, will be the size of a large grapefruit.As for your baby...he or she is now about an inch long, has arms and legs (toes and fingers), eyes, ears, small nose, tongue, all major body organs, and his or her tail is now gone! All of that in only a few short weeks. Week 5- Week 8: This month you can expect your first prenatal visit, although some practices make you wait until you are 10 weeks along, so that they can pick up baby’s heartbeat with a Doppler. When you are at the physician’s office, expect to be there for a while, as this will be your longest visit. It is also good to have your husband in tow, because the doctor or midwife will have family health questions for him as well. Half of your checkup will be spent answering questions about your family, his family (for possible diseases or medical problems anyone has), while the second half will be a pelvic exam (pap smear, if not performed within a year) and an external exam where the midwife or doctor will feel your abdomen to measure your uterus, and see if you are as far along as you suspect. If your uterus feels smaller or larger than expected for pregnancy first trimester, you will most likely be sent for an ultrasound to measure the baby and better predict your due date. If you are larger than expected, and your dates are right, chances are good that you may be expecting twins! This is also the first time you will hear your baby’s heartbeat. So if you are a softy, pack the tissues, this is quite an experience. If however your doctor is unable to pick up the baby's heartbeat for any reason, he will send you for an ultrasound. Some will do it right there that day, others will have you schedule one. This is nothing to be alarmed about. Your baby is very small, and still has a lot of room to move around inside of your uterus. That being said, if your baby is in an inaccessible position, the heartbeat won't be detected. **Did you know your baby has spontaneous movements already (and it's only pregnancy first trimester!)?!? But it won’t be for a little while yet until you will be able to feel them.
The Third Monthweeks 9-13Your clothes most certainly if they haven’t already, are getting too tight. Some women even start looking to maternity pants at this point, because nothing else is comfortable (except sweatpants, but for the average, working woman, your comfiest pair of sweats won’t cut it). By the end of this month if you place your finger tips and press just above your pubic bone, you will be able to feel your growing uterus (now larger than a grapefruit). This is only pregnancy first trimester. So even though you may feel huge now...just you wait!If your doctor was able to with an ultrasound machine, the baby’s sex could now be determined as well, because the external genitalia have developed. Amazing! You're only in pregnancy first trimester and so much has been developed!!! With that in mind, the baby is also urinating now, and doing so into the amniotic fluid.
Again, constipation in pregnancy is very common, but regardless of pregnancy or not, constipation is never healthy, and you should try extra fiber in your diet.
It is always better to be prepared, and knowledgable, especially when your life is about to change drastically! Learn more about your baby, breastfeeding, and baby care at loveyourbaby.com. ---> Second Trimester!!! ---> Third Trimester!
***Keep in mind, the advice we are giving here is instructional only, we are not medical professionals, and this is for healthy women with normal pregnancies. If you are a high risk pregnancy, or have medical problems, this would not apply to you.
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