During pregnancy week eight fatigue and nausea can get worse and this is just a sign of fetal growth which could be up to 20 mm in length. Development at this stage is quite significant and the tail of the tadpole disappears and the parts of the body are quite defined. The toes and fingers [...]
During pregnancy week seven the mother will need to get herself some maternity clothes as her earlier clothes are not going to fit her comfortably anymore and she will need loose clothing now. Though the bulge of the abdomen will not be very prominent there will be a definite increase in the size and the [...]
The symptoms of morning sickness, darkening of the areolas and tender breasts continue in the week six of pregnancy. The mother to be could either loose weight during this period because of morning sickness and lack of appetite, or if this has not been too severe could gain a few pounds too. Sometimes morning sickness [...]
The fetus is the size of a grain of rice and its organs are still developing at week five of pregnancy. The heart is now formed and has the different chambers now and is pumping blood. The umbilical cord and the placenta are still developing further as the neural tube is being formed by the [...]
Week four of pregnancy can clear all doubts with a pregnancy test. However some females take longer to produce the HGC hormone which actually shows a positive result but there will be other definite signs like a missed period along with fatigue and nausea and cramps in the abdomen. Others may have breasts which become [...]
For a woman who is anticipating getting pregnant this is a period of great importance which she will know by calculating from the date of her last period. The fetus has started growing in the womb though the mother may not realize this as yet. Sometimes there be some slight bleeding when the fertilized egg [...]
The second week of pregnancy is pretty much the same as the first one with the same pregnancy symptoms continuing but the woman is still not sure whether she is pregnant or not as she has not missed a period as yet. However, once the couple has been trying for a child, the mother to [...]
A woman realizes that she is pregnant when she misses a period, and by this time she is usually in the 3rd to 5th week of her pregnancy because conception takes place about 2 weeks after menstruation. So by the time she realizes that she is pregnant she has already completed almost a month of [...]
