Pregnancy month by month
It's safe, you're pregnant! During pregnancy, the physical and emotional changes will be constant as your baby grows and develops inside you. It is the stage of premamá clothing, cravings and gifts ... Start a magical period, in which you can not control everything that will happen. Do you want to know how your baby will develop in the coming months?
First month of pregnancy
Your baby will measure approximately 0.36 mm, smaller than a grain of rice, weigh less than two grams and begin to form your heart, your brain and, little by little, the spine. Appear the first signs of a body: the head with its eyes, the trunk and the lower extremities and the upper ones. The placenta begins to develop. The gynecologist will send you an analysis to determine the level of proteins, control sugar and white blood cells.
Second month of pregnancy
They start to listen the beating of your heart, the arms and legs begin to form, reach about seven and a half grams of weight and measure about 17 mm, the size of a bean! The major organs, ears and muscles are formed. With eight weeks, the development of your brain, your heart and your extremities can already be seen on ultrasound. You will feel more tired, with the need to sleep more, the dreaded nausea appear and the uterus begins to widen.
Third month of pregnancy
Start moving! The eyelids, eyebrows, liver, kidney and genitalia of the baby will begin to show their sex. You will feel very tired and fatigued due to low blood pressure, so do not be surprised if you start crying for no reason. Your body has developed a large mass of amniotic fluid to ensure the baby's nutrition. Your waist widens and begins to reveal the external signs of pregnancy. The embryo is already a fetus. It weighs 42.5 grams and measures 6.35 cm. to 7.6 cm.
Fourth month of pregnancy
Now you have possibilities of knowing if it will be a boy or girl; its size reaches up to 16 cm and its weight rises to 100 grams, beginning to work the digestive system. His little arms and legs are formed, and his little fingers. You will begin to notice the movement of your child. In this stage it is possible to see the development of the face with its details: eyelids, eyebrows, nose, mouth and ears. The placenta, the organ that nourishes the fetus with food and oxygen, is already fully functional. All the baby's organs are ready. From now on, you only have to increase your height and weight.
Fifth month of pregnancy
From week 20 the vocal cords will form. Its weight reaches between 300 and 500 grams. It reaches almost half of its final length, measuring between 17.78 cm. and 22.86 cm. The skeleton and the bones of the fetus have developed enough to be able to make small jumps in the belly. It becomes very active. This activity will be a vital exercise to strengthen the fetus and develop their motor skills. If the baby is a child, it will clearly show the penis and scrotum, visible on an ultrasonic examination.
Sixth month of pregnancy
Your child will grow up to 30, or 30.48 cm; His weight It will oscillate between 800 grams and one kilo. The eyelids will begin to separate and occasionally open your eyes, you will develop the senses of hearing, smell and taste. But their vital organs, such as the lungs and the brain, have yet to be completed. In girls, the ovaries are formed, which already have as many ovules as they will have throughout their lives.
Seventh month of pregnancy
The baby reaches weigh about a kilo and a half, and its stature reaches about 37 or 40 cm. You may have hiccups. His bones are getting harder, and you will feel his movements much more. The hair grows very thin and the nails of the hands and feet are already visible.
Eighth month of pregnancy
Your creature's kicks will be much stronger; will grow rapidly during these weeks, until reaching a length of 43 cm. and an approximate weight of 2,400 gr. The baby is almost complete, except for his lungs. The fetus dreams and its brain grows faster than the rest of the body. At this point, the centimeters separating the pubic bone from the tip of the mother's womb will be equivalent to the weeks of pregnancy.
Ninth month of pregnancy
You will notice it less active, accommodating in the lower abdomen. It will reach an average weight of 3,100 gr and measure approximately 50 cm. You will experience some symptoms such as back pain, heartburn, swollen ankles, shortness of breath, and you will have trouble sleeping. The umbilical cord, the thread of the life of the fetus, is 61 cm long and the placenta weighs 680 grams.
Tips for a good pregnancy
- In the last quarter you can perceive the sounds: it's time to talk to him. At birth you will recognize your voices.
- Folic acid is a vitamin B complex that can help prevent birth defects in the brain and spinal cord, called neural tube defects.
- Iron intake During pregnancy it is very important, since a large part of that amount is used by the mother to increase the amount of blood by 50% and the rest of the iron is used by the fetus and the placenta for its development.
- 80 percent of baby's calcium It is deposited during the last trimester of pregnancy, when the growth of the baby is maximum and the formation of the teeth begins.
