Your Personal Pregnancy Week By Week Guide |
Would you like to know about all the stages in pregnancy, week by week? Here is a guide that will tell you how your baby develops through the nine months inside your womb.
1) Maintaining your general health is very important if you need to carry your baby to term and deliver a healthy child. Visiting a preconceptional health center is a good idea.
2) If ovulation has taken place in you recently, chances are that life is already forming within you as you read this!
3) After fertilization, the next step is implantation. Your zygote begins its weeklong journey to the uterus, during which time, cell division also occurs.
4) A urine pregnancy test can confirm your pregnancy at this stage.
5) Your baby’s heart begins to beat!
6) Your baby starts to form the larynx and inner ear. The heart bulges out and limb buds appear on her developing body.
7) Nasal pits and hand plates start forming.
8) Bones, joints and elbows start developing this week and the baby starts moving. The genitalia start developing simultaneously.
9) Toe rays start forming now.
10) The little tail disappears and the eyes are open.
11) Finger nails start appearing and the baby weighs about 7 grams.
12) You can hear your baby’s heartbeat with an ultrasound at this time!
13) The baby’s teeth are forming, so is the intestinal tract.
14) She now starts urinating into the amniotic fluid!
15) The scalp hair pattern is visible now and baby might start sucking her thumb!
16) The ears start developing clearly. Limb movements are coordinated.
17) Baby weighs about 5 ounces by now.
18) Pads of fingers and toes start developing now.
19) Fine hairs appear all over her body.
20) You may actually get a good peek at your baby with ultrasound now!
21) Baby starts moving towards the head down position.
22) She starts developing eyebrows!
23) Her first stool is developing.
24) She is almost completely formed now.
25) Baby weighs about 1 pound 9 ounces.
26) The baby responds to external sounds. She can also perceive light.
27) The veins are clearly visible now.
28) The eyelashes are developing. If it is a boy, the testes starts descending.
29) Red blood cells are produced in the baby’s body.
30) Baby is now capable of maintaining her body temperature.
31) Her irises dilate and contract to adjust to light.
32) Baby weighs about 1.7 kilos now!
33) Your baby has enough surfactant, which helps her lungs function.
34) Your breasts start developing mother’s milk.
35) All her vital organs are in place by now.
36) Baby gets a final touchup before coming out a few weeks later!
37) She now practices breathing.
38) She remains stable now.
39) Baby continues to prepare for coming into the world!
40) Her immune system is yet to develop fully.
41) Baby is patiently waiting for her call!
42) Baby finally gets to see the world. This pregnancy week by week calendar is only an estimate. Your baby might come out a little late if you are a first time mother. Do not worry at all. Just hang in there and pray for her good health!
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