Pregnant women are usually only realized she was pregnant when it will enter the second month. Although the body shape has not changed but already there are signs that different than when not pregnant. What happens during the first trimester of pregnancy?
Changes experienced by the expectant mother and fetus development is different each month. Because it recognize anything that happened during the first trimester of pregnancy, as quoted from WebMD, Thursday (04/29/2010), namely:
Month unity
Mother Condition:
1. Most women did not know she was pregnant in the first month of this.
2. But usually the body begins to feel fatigue often caused by hormonal changes and fluctuating emotions that the mother began to get angry or happy all of a sudden.
3. Morning sickness in the form of nausea or vomiting began to occur, changes in appetite and weight loss are not realized.
4. The prospective mother is also experiencing increased production of the hormone progesterone and breast began to feel soft. But still no enlargement of the abdomen.
What to do:
1. In this month should mothers begin to avoid any kind of canned or processed foods, cooked meats, tape, alcohol and soft drinks.
2. While sports can do is walking, swimming and yoga.
The development of the fetus:
1. Amniotic sac that is water tight sac around the fertilized egg cell has been formed. These conditions help to cushion the embryo develops during pregnancy.
2. In addition placenta also started developing since the first month. Spherical and functioning placenta nutrient transfer from mother to infant and also carries waste from the baby.
3. Blood cell circulation started taking shape and will start and established the existence of dark circles for eyes. At the end of the first month of pregnancy the baby was measuring around 6-7 mm (the size of rice).
Second month
Mother's condition:
1. Not too many changes that occur and are usually known to the pregnancy began through the examination of urine with a test pack.
2. Started having frequent urination due to enlargement of the uterus or womb and sometimes a bit annoying at night.
3. Felt pain in the breast and blood vessels began somewhat shaded in the breast.
4. Sometimes suffer from constipation due to increase in the hormone progesterone in the body system.
What to do:
1. Try to eat foods that are easily digested in small portions but its frequency is often
2. Expand drink some water and fruit to avoid dehydration.
3. Should stop exercise if you have shortness of breath, dizziness, soreness around the vagina or the waist and there are flecks of blood.
The development of the fetus:
1. With increase in the month, the fetus begins developing facial features.
2. Starting a little fold of skin for ears at the side of the head
3. Tiny buds appear which will develop into arms and legs and began to form the toes and hands are small.
4. Neural tube (brain, spinal cord and other nerve tissue of the central nervous system) began to form properly.
5. Digestive tract and senses begin to develop tools, bones begin to form that replaces the cartilage. Movement of the embryo begins even though the mother can not feel it.
6. The fetus has a length of about 2.54 cm and weighs about 90-10 grams, and a third of the baby's body had begun to form that consists of the head.
Third Month
Mother's condition:
1. Changes in the mother's body had begun to appear, such as the breast grows
2. Increased appetite accompanied by weight gain and stomach is a bit bigger.
3. Nausea and vomiting (morning sickness) are already starting to diminish.
What to do:
1. At this time required intake of protein, minerals and vitamins are enough to help the growth of the fetus.
2. Prospective mothers can use maternity clothes even though her stomach is not too large, this is to reduce the pressure that occurs in the stomach.
3. If mothers have difficulty sleeping (insomnia), try to eat the warm milk at night.
The development of the fetus:
1. Baby's body was almost fully formed.
2. Baby already has arms, hands, legs, mouths and fingers that can open and close fist.
3. The baby's nails have started growing and the external ear of a baby is formed.
4. Baby's reproductive organs are also growing, but the sex of the baby is still difficult to distinguish if seen in ultrasound.
5. The circulatory system and urinary system also began to work and heart can produce bile.
6. At the end of the third month, the length of the fetus is the size of about 7.6 to 10 cm and weighs about 28 grams.
Changes experienced by the expectant mother and fetus development is different each month. Because it recognize anything that happened during the first trimester of pregnancy, as quoted from WebMD, Thursday (04/29/2010), namely:
Month unity
Mother Condition:
1. Most women did not know she was pregnant in the first month of this.
2. But usually the body begins to feel fatigue often caused by hormonal changes and fluctuating emotions that the mother began to get angry or happy all of a sudden.
3. Morning sickness in the form of nausea or vomiting began to occur, changes in appetite and weight loss are not realized.
4. The prospective mother is also experiencing increased production of the hormone progesterone and breast began to feel soft. But still no enlargement of the abdomen.
What to do:
1. In this month should mothers begin to avoid any kind of canned or processed foods, cooked meats, tape, alcohol and soft drinks.
2. While sports can do is walking, swimming and yoga.
The development of the fetus:
1. Amniotic sac that is water tight sac around the fertilized egg cell has been formed. These conditions help to cushion the embryo develops during pregnancy.
2. In addition placenta also started developing since the first month. Spherical and functioning placenta nutrient transfer from mother to infant and also carries waste from the baby.
3. Blood cell circulation started taking shape and will start and established the existence of dark circles for eyes. At the end of the first month of pregnancy the baby was measuring around 6-7 mm (the size of rice).
Second month
Mother's condition:
1. Not too many changes that occur and are usually known to the pregnancy began through the examination of urine with a test pack.
2. Started having frequent urination due to enlargement of the uterus or womb and sometimes a bit annoying at night.
3. Felt pain in the breast and blood vessels began somewhat shaded in the breast.
4. Sometimes suffer from constipation due to increase in the hormone progesterone in the body system.
What to do:
1. Try to eat foods that are easily digested in small portions but its frequency is often
2. Expand drink some water and fruit to avoid dehydration.
3. Should stop exercise if you have shortness of breath, dizziness, soreness around the vagina or the waist and there are flecks of blood.
The development of the fetus:
1. With increase in the month, the fetus begins developing facial features.
2. Starting a little fold of skin for ears at the side of the head
3. Tiny buds appear which will develop into arms and legs and began to form the toes and hands are small.
4. Neural tube (brain, spinal cord and other nerve tissue of the central nervous system) began to form properly.
5. Digestive tract and senses begin to develop tools, bones begin to form that replaces the cartilage. Movement of the embryo begins even though the mother can not feel it.
6. The fetus has a length of about 2.54 cm and weighs about 90-10 grams, and a third of the baby's body had begun to form that consists of the head.
Third Month
Mother's condition:
1. Changes in the mother's body had begun to appear, such as the breast grows
2. Increased appetite accompanied by weight gain and stomach is a bit bigger.
3. Nausea and vomiting (morning sickness) are already starting to diminish.
What to do:
1. At this time required intake of protein, minerals and vitamins are enough to help the growth of the fetus.
2. Prospective mothers can use maternity clothes even though her stomach is not too large, this is to reduce the pressure that occurs in the stomach.
3. If mothers have difficulty sleeping (insomnia), try to eat the warm milk at night.
The development of the fetus:
1. Baby's body was almost fully formed.
2. Baby already has arms, hands, legs, mouths and fingers that can open and close fist.
3. The baby's nails have started growing and the external ear of a baby is formed.
4. Baby's reproductive organs are also growing, but the sex of the baby is still difficult to distinguish if seen in ultrasound.
5. The circulatory system and urinary system also began to work and heart can produce bile.
6. At the end of the third month, the length of the fetus is the size of about 7.6 to 10 cm and weighs about 28 grams.
