10th Week of Pregnancy
The 10th week of pregnancy is the time when the effects of pregnancy finally begin to show effect. Tiredness and nausea are common symptoms and women feel lethargic all the time. Tiredness is due to the fact that another human is growing inside the woman’s womb. It is drawing away a substantial part of the nutrition which goes into the mother’s body. The belly bulge finally shows up and it comes into prominence. The expansion of the abdomen is mainly due to the distension of the bowels rather than the expansion of the uterus. The waistline disappears slowly and a woman would notice this. Measurements of the waist can be taken during this time. Later on one can compare the sizes during the 10th week of pregnancy and the later stages of pregnancy. The baby is in its fetal stage during the tenth week of pregnancy.
The tenth week of pregnancy is the time during which small toes of the baby begin to appear. The eyes begin to be more prominent. Finally one would say that the fetus is beginning to look more human. The average size is around 1.06 to 1.38 inches in size. This size is small compared to the size which it will reach in its mother’s womb. It is just the beginning of the journey which it will complete inside the womb and its journey thereafter.
The disappearance of the tail is another remarkable feature that is visible in the tenth week of pregnancy. Tenth week of pregnancy is the thin line between the initial fetal stage and the later stages when the fetus will grow in size and develop into a complete human being.
The 10th week can also be considered to be a very important milestone in the development of the fetus. The reason is that the initial stages of pregnancy are very critical. The critical stage is till the ninth week since during the ninth week, there may be congenital defects. By the tenth week the risk of developing congenital diseases is almost negligible. Hence the mother can breathe a sigh of relief. After this stage the fetus is expected to develop into a proper baby who would be delivered properly. The organ system of the fetus would start developing and a proper analysis of the womb would show that the organ systems have already started developing by the middle of the tenth week.
The tiny baby inside the mother’s womb would start kicking around but the kicks would be too feeble. The mother cannot feel the kicks since the kicks are too weak. But ultrasound photographs have shown that the tiny baby tries kick around the mother’s womb. A thorough check up of the mother is important during this period of pregnancy. This is also a transitional stage where the baby is getting transformed from a tiny cell into a full fledged baby. Hence proper medical checkups and care needs to be taken. One can even hear the feeble heartbeats of the baby during this time of pregnancy.
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