So you are at your 11th week of pregnancy, right? This is a week when your baby is growing bigger little by little inside your tummy. In fact, Week 11 is when your baby is a size you can hold within the palm of your hand. It weighs about a quarter of an ounce and is about 1.6 inches long. Yes, your baby is becoming bigger and bigger every week.
Week 11 also means that your baby’s skin is not [...] Continue Reading…
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 [...] Continue Reading…
9th Week of Pregnancy
This week is no different than previous weeks for you, moms-to-be, when it comes to fatigue. Though you may not appear carrying your bundle of joy to others, you will certainly begin noticing many physical as well as psychological changes within your body and mind.
9th week of pregnancy is very a busy week for your baby. Your baby who is in the shape of an embryo has begun to look like a child. By 9th week, [...] Continue Reading…
8th Week of Pregnancy
Aah! So you are at Week 8 of your pregnancy. This is the week when your baby is becoming a person, so to say. It is developing physically and soon will resemble a miniature form of a complete human being.
Your baby now has a face with lips, nostrils and tongue. The buds from which the first teeth will grow are also appearing. Its back muscles, arms and legs are growing too. Its reproductive organs are also [...] Continue Reading…
7th Week of Pregnancy
It is during the week 7 of the pregnancy where the major organs of the baby will develop. The mothers can expect a 13 mm growth of their child inside the womb. You might be able to discern tongue and the mouth forming in the child’s body. The newly formed baby will have its eyes formed with retina and lens attached to it. The muscle system in the body will continue to develop at its pace [...] Continue Reading…
6th Week of Pregnancy
Your blood and urine samples taken have tested positive for the pregnancy. Based upon your first day of last menstrual period that is LMP, You have been told by your gynecologist that first five weeks of pregnancy are over. That means you are six week pregnant. Congratulations mom-to-be!
Make your mind to accept the fact that within one year’s time you are going to become proud mommy of your sweet baby. However you may not get enough [...] Continue Reading…
5th Week of Pregnancy
Sorry, moms-to-be, but Week 5 isn’t much different from Week 4.
Fatigue will probably still be your biggest symptom. Whatever you do, don’t have another cup of coffee to offset feeling tired! (Why are you still drinking caffeine, anyway?). Give your body a break and rest as much as you can. If you’re working outside the home and need a pick-me-up, avoid the soda machine and instead get outside for some fresh air and a brief walk.
“Morning [...] Continue Reading…
4th Week of Pregnancy
By Week 4 of your pregnancy, you might start noticing some changes in your body. For starters, you’ll miss the expected start of your period.
Before that date, some women report feeling a little tired, with a touch of nausea and even some cramping – in short, the same kinds of symptoms that usually mean a menstrual period is about to start. Except that it doesn’t, which is the first sure sign that you may indeed be [...] Continue Reading…
3rd Week of Pregnancy
Here we are at Week 3 of your pregnancy, and you still may not know for certain that you’re pregnant. Remember, your pregnancy is calculated from the day you started your last menstrual period, not from the date of ovulation or when you think you might have conceived during your fertile period.
You may not yet have missed a period, and you may not yet feel the pregnancy symptoms outlined in the Week 2 article, such as [...] Continue Reading…
2nd Week of Pregnancy
So it’s around 10 to 14 days since your last fertile period, and you’re beginning to be aware that your body is feeling, well, different.
You’re groggy and fatigued. You’re having trouble sleeping, partly because you have to get up and go to the bathroom more often. You may have a metallic taste in your mouth and feel nauseated. Even your breasts are becoming tender to touch.
There’s a reason for all these symptoms. You’re pregnant!
Actually, there’s a [...] Continue Reading…
1st Week of Pregnancy
You wouldn’t expect this, but your pregnancy actually begins with the day your last menstrual period started. Yep, it will be two weeks before conception (assuming it occurs during this cycle), but that’s how the doctors calculate it to determine your delivery date. Go figure!
If you’re trying to get pregnant, the time to begin healthy habits is before you conceive. Eating right, with plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits, along with plenty of pure water [...] Continue Reading…
Many methods available for baby gender prediction or selection
There was a time when wise women, grandmothers and even astrologers claimed they could predict a baby’s gender. These days, it’s doctors who are the experts in baby gender prediction or selection, and methods have never been more accurate.
Medical studies show that around 30 percent of new parents still want to be surprised by their baby’s gender. The remaining 70 percent of parents will jump at the chance to learn a [...] Continue Reading…
Health tips can help in conceiving a baby boy or girl
Some couples can get pregnant right away, while others work towards their goal for months without success. Here are some tips that can help in conceiving a baby boy or girl.
1. Relax. This may seem like a no-brainer, but the stress of failing to conceive as you want can lead to a downward spiral of dashed hopes and depression that makes conception even harder. Men as well as women [...] Continue Reading…
Checking cervical fluid can aid conceiving a baby boy or girl
A couple who want to have a body have several methods available to them to help assure conception. One of these is to track the quality of the woman’s cervical fluid, which can aid in conceiving a baby boy or a baby girl.
The cervix, or entrance to the vagina, secretes cervical fluid. The hormone estrogen produces this fluid during the first phase of a monthly menstrual cycle, called the [...] Continue Reading…
Track body temperature to help with conceiving a baby (boy or girl)
Trying to get pregnant without success? One of the ways that medical experts recommend to aid conceiving a baby (boy or girl) is to track your base body temperature, or BBT.
Your BBT is your temperature you make any move in the morning. You must take your temperature as soon as you wake up in the morning (yes, even before going to the bathroom) in order to chart your [...] Continue Reading…