Stages Of Pregnancy

The nine months of pregnancy is, without a doubt, the most special period in the life of a woman, especially when she is carrying her first child. However, these nine months are also the time when the mother-to-be experiences diverse feelings, ranging from extreme anxiety to happiness. She is sick and jubilant at the same time. While she is worried about her food and weight gain on one end, on the other side, she is prepared to go to any lengths to ensure a healthy baby. There are some women who do not want to leave everything at the doctor’s mercy and want a detailed explanation of everything that is going on inside their womb. It is for them that we have underlined the different stages that a future mother has to go through during pregnancy. Read through them and enhance your knowledge.  

 

 

The first thirteen weeks of pregnancy is known as the first trimester. This is a time when you have to be very careful and take extra care of your health because this is also the time when the organs of your baby are slowly beginning to develop. The heart and kidney of the fetus start forming by the fourth week of pregnancy. In the first trimester, you may experience laziness accompanied by frequent pains in the body. This is due to the Braxton Hicks contractions that lead to a frequent tightening and relaxing of the uterus muscles. During the later stages of the first trimester of pregnancy, the fetus begins to move and kick inside the mother’s womb. The skin of the baby has already been formed and hair and fingernails have also taken form. By the end of the 13 weeks, the mother’s abdomen looks protruded, a sign of pregnancy to any unknown onlooker.

 

Week fourteen to week twenty seven in a pregnant woman’s life is called the second trimester of pregnancy. This is also known as the honeymoon phase as it is the time that the future mother bids farewell to the usual morning sickness and instead starts craving for good food. The baby has already grown and continues to do so in the second trimester; it can actually hear voices from inside the womb during this phase! This is the time when a mother has to take the best care of what she eats because the umbilical cord transfers the nutrients to the baby. The mother-to-be should concentrate on having healthy stuff like green vegetables, fruits and animal protein.

 

The third trimester of pregnancy extends from week twenty-eight to week forty-two for a pregnant woman. Now that the future mother has crossed the first and second trimesters of pregnancy, she is all set to give birth to her child very soon. The mother has to regularly take vitamins to ensure that anemia does not strike. The pregnant woman also faces labor pains at various points of time during the third trimester of pregnancy. In the case of some mothers, the breasts start leaking but there is no reason to worry even if that does not happen because the colostrum production takes place inside. The baby is fully formed by the end of the ninth month.

 

During every stage of pregnancy, diet and routine checkups are the most important factors to be kept in mind. Remember that while some mothers give birth before the completion of nine months, others have the child after nine months have crossed.