The key stages of pregnancy

Each pregnancy progresses differently and the care you receive will be tailored to your state. However, understanding the major steps will help you live your pregnancy with confidence and follow step by step development of your unborn baby.

Week 3
This is probably the week your baby is conceived, as it begins the first day of your last period, and ovulation usually occurs 14 days later.

Week 4-5
You should realize that you are pregnant. Most pregnancy tests on the urine gives a reliable result from the delayed period. Make an appointment with your doctor who will confirm your pregnancy.

Week 6 to 10
If transmission risk of genetic disease, you can make a chronic villas sampling. Early review, in a few days it gives the same results as amniocentesis.

weeks by week pregnancy - 1st week

Week by week pregnancy guide:

1st week


we congratulate you on your decision to become a parent!


Most of the women were fertile the middle of their menstrual cycles or about two weeks according to their last menstrual period.


It is more likely that they designing in range of approximately four days.


Ovulation occurs. Ovulation is the descent of an egg in one of the fallopian tubes where it awaits the arrival of the sperm.

weeks by week pregnancy - 2nd Week - Second week

Finished the alcohol, tobacco and drugs (even without a prescription). Your body must be in the best shape possible for the design and if you are already pregnant, to pregnancy.


The water helps to ensure a healthy pregnancy. You should drink at least six to eight glasses of 8 ounces of water a day throughout your pregnancy.


Ask your doctor about whether or not you should to continue to take any prescription medication.


It is advisable to take a daily multivitamin that is shall contain at least four hundred micrograms folic acid in order to reduce the risk of birth defects.

weeks by week pregnancy - 3rd week

A very small ball contains several hundreds of cells which reproduce every minute.

After these cells lodge in the uterus, the part of the cells that form the placenta begins to secrete the pregnancy hormone hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin hcg diet).


The hormone hCG, which tells your ovaries stop releasing eggs, is the hormone through which the strip of a pregnancy test will change color, indicating that there pregnancy.


You will probably do not know yet that you're pregnant, but by the end of this week you may notice little bleeding. These losses can be caused by the egg that makes its way into the uterine cavity, but no one really knows the cause. This bleeding, which are very light, affect only a minority of pregnant women.

weeks by week pregnancy - 4th week

This week, you should be able to know if you are pregnant.

If you do a home pregnancy test, the result should be positive. If the result is negative, test again in a few days or see your doctor. If the result is positive, you can take your first prenatal appointment with your doctor.

Your baby is now exposed through the placenta, which your body absorbs. Be aware of what you consume.

It is at this point in you are pregnant your baby is the most sensitive to anything that might affect its development.

weeks by week pregnancy - 5th Week

The embryo, which grows very quickly, like a tiny tadpole.

The heart and circulatory system are beginning to form. The tiny heart begins to beat and pump blood.


Skin, hair, nails, mammary glands and sweat glands and the tooth enamel begins to form.


Food and oxygen to your baby now come through the umbilical cord and placenta.


Pregnancy symptoms can appear this week, if not already done so. This may include nausea, breast tenderness, fatigue and a constant urge to urinate!

weeks by week pregnancy - 6th week

Your baby is now the size of a small bean (4 to 5 mm in length).

The child, who begins to take shape, is a huge head and dark spots where her eyes and nostrils are beginning to develop.


Your baby's heart begins to beat twice as fast as yours, about 100 to 130 beats per minute.


The muscle fibers begin to form and in the middle of the sixth week, it is likely that his little limbs begin to move (though you will not feel movement at this stage).


Maybe soon you will notice that you are very emotional, that is to say a gloomy day, then playful the next day.

weeks by week pregnancy - 7th Week

Your baby is currently almost a centimeter and a half (½ inch)!

Her brain begins to develop, and his teeth inside his mouth and his ears are continuing their development. The eye color begins to develop.


His veins are clearly visible due to its skin is thin like paper.


You can not feel your baby move, but he is very active.


You have May still be nausea (not just in the morning). They should fade as the weeks of pregnancy progressed, but it is possible that you continue to go the bathroom often.

weeks by week pregnancy - 8th week

Your baby has is now the size of a haricot bean!

Her lashes cover almost his eyes. Her fingers and toes that stretch are still partially webbed. His arms were stretched out as her hands are now moving the wrist is attached at its heart.


Leaving the airways of the throat to the ramifications of his lungs develop.


You will are still not sure if you are expecting a boy or a girl's genitals because your baby has not yet taken shape.

weeks by week pregnancy - 9th week

Your baby measures nearly 2 ½ centimeters (1 inch) and take a form more human from week to week.


At this point, it may be that it does not show that you are pregnant.


Parts of the body, including organs, muscles and nerves begin to form.


All the major joints - shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees and ankles - are mobile, allowing your baby to move his limbs.


The mood swings are now common. It is quite normal to be elated and terrified at the same time the idea of becoming a parent.

weeks by week pregnancy - 10th week

This is the start of the "fetal period" during which the tissues and organs of your baby are developing rapidly.


Your baby is no longer an embryo!


He measures about 2 ½ centimeters (1 inch) from head to toe and weighs less than 7 grams (1 / 4 of an ounce).


The development stage the most critical is now closed.


Tiny fingernails and toes begin to form, and a sleeping bag begins to cover her body.

weeks by week pregnancy - 11th week

If you have more 35 years and have a family history of genetic disease like cystic fibrosis, perhaps you can consider taking a prenatal test called chorines villas sampling (C VS) is performed between the tenth and twelfth week and is used to detect certain diseases and genetic abnormalities.


A phenomenon funny your baby will may begin to have hiccups since now her diaphragm moves.


Tiny teeth begin to appear in the gums.

weeks by week pregnancy - 12th week

Your baby is position now approximately 5 centimeters (2 inches).

The eyes, which were early on the sides of his head, are now closer to each other on his face and his ears are almost at the final position of each side of his head.


Your baby can have acquired more reflexes, including sucking. It can even squirm if you gently push on your abdomen, even if you do not feel its presence for several weeks.


You will not get to wear maternity clothing for some weeks yet, but you may have noticed that your waist thickens and you feel more comfortable in clothes looser.

weeks by week pregnancy - 13th weeks

your baby is still very small, since it measures only 7 ½ centimeters (3 inches).

The baby is you carry is now fully formed, despite its small size.


It has fingerprints.


A large number of women see the first symptoms of pregnancy such as morning sickness, subside. Unfortunately, heartburn can take over. Papaya is one of the foods that can help alleviate symptoms.

weeks by week pregnancy - 14th week

Congratulations!

You are beginning your second trimester. At this point, the risk of miscarriage has dropped dramatically since the development of your baby is almost finished.


Your baby measures now almost 9 centimeters (3 ½ inches) or the length of a lemon.


It is now producing urine and eliminates the amniotic fluid, a normal process that will continue until birth.


Thanks to the brain impulses, a small facial muscle are involved in a real workout, because now your baby squints, frowns and grimaces.

weeks by week pregnancy - 15th week

Your baby will is approximately 10 centimeters (4 inches).

It might be possible to know the sex of your child at this stage using an ultrasound, but nothing is guaranteed.


Even though your baby eyelids are sealed, it can perceive light. If you direct the beam of a flashlight to your abdomen, your baby will move away from that light.


You have probably taken a little over two kilograms (5 pounds) so far. However, weight gain varies from woman to woman.

weeks by week pregnancy - 16th week

Your baby is almost the size of a pear.


In the next weeks, your child will have a huge growth spurt so that it wills double its weight.


Because of the increased blood flow will display perhaps own radiant pregnant women?


Even closed and your baby's eyes begin to move (slowly). His toenails have even begun to grow.


You are may feel slight butterflies in your stomach, your baby is moving! Even if you do not feel your baby move, do not worry because some women do feel that from after the twentieth week.

weeks by week pregnancy - 17th week

Your baby will measures approximately thirteen centimeters (5 inches).


The backbone, which was rubbery cartilage begins to harden and make the nature of the bone.


The hearing is also at the preliminary stage of development.


You will lose a little balance as you walk. Wear low heels to reduce the risk of falling.


In a vehicle, wear section of the ventral safety belt under your belly and very well adjusted to your hips for a maximum protection.

weeks by week pregnancy - 18th week

Your baby is now weigh almost two hundred and ten grams (7 ounces).


Whether your baby is a boy, his genitals are visible, but it is possible that the cache on ultrasound.


Your blood pressure measurements are probably lower than usual. Do not get up too quickly when you're lying or sitting position, or you may feel weak or dizzy be taken.


As your appetite as well as increase your waistline, you need clothes is now larger and more comfortable. Find clothing specially designed for pregnant women because they are more comfortable.

weeks by week pregnancy - 19th week

This little creature in you position now approximately 15 centimeters (6 inches).


His kidneys continue to secrete urine, and hair grows on his head.


It is possible that you will experience round ligament pain caused by stretching of the fibro muscular band that supports the uterus. The symptoms include pain in the abdomen or even stabbing pain in one or both sides of the abdomen. If the pain gets worse or if in doubt, consult your doctor.


During pregnancy your nipples, the freckles the scars, underarms, inner thighs and vulva may darken.