After the gestation period of 11 weeks, doctors call the embryo a fruit. This is the big and the first anniversary of your pregnancy. The child's weight is already seven grams, and the length is five centimeters. Your baby is a bit more plum, but it's almost completely formed. Future mummies can be calm because most of the congenital malformations can no longer form. So your baby will be healthy and without any deviations. During this period, the foundation is laid, the fruit will grow.
Your baby, what is he like?
At this time, your baby gets a human look, although a bit unusual: the hands develop faster and therefore slightly longer than the legs. The tail disappears, the chin separates from the chest, the neck strengthens and develops, and starts lifting the head.
The formed little heart works at full strength, making one hundred and thirty-one hundred and fifty beats per minute. These cardiac contractions can already be fixed with an ultrasound stethoscope. The liver develops, which continues to perform the function of the main organ of hematopoiesis. The baby's blood at this stage is significantly different from the blood of an adult. There is its gradual development.
On the eleventh week, the kid jumps and kicks in and out, but Mamochka can not feel this movement yet, because they are very weak.
The rectum, intestines and bile ducts at the last stage of their development, the lymphatic and immune systems are formed.
Legs and pens, ears, elbows, mouth - all this has already been formed. The baby is already "twisted", swallows and spits out the liquid, pulls out the lips, opens and closes the mouth, bends and unbends the cams, waves with handles.
Gradually, the genitals of a future girl or boy .11 weeks of pregnancy are allocated - during this period the iris of the eye is laid. The fetus even begins to urinate for the first time. The products of the baby's life are diverted into the amniotic fluid, and already from them they excrete the excretory system through the placenta.
It's hard to believe that at such a short time the baby's brain is incredibly active. For one minute he produces two hundred and fifty thousand neurons.
Pregnancy calendar: what does a woman feel?
It is likely that you and your loved ones are already tired of constant mood changes, which are similar to changes in emotions in the premenstrual period. Quickly irritate, feel anxiety and inexplicable anxiety, whiny. All the blame for the hormonal changes in your body.
All women find a way out of this chaos of emotions individually. Someone is distracted, doing domestic chores, the other concentrates on his hobby or at work.
Some women are confident that the best and most effective way to control their emotional state is by doing meditation. You can use any meditation technique, for example, yoga meditation. Also you can use special music, the corresponding discs are on sale. Another effective way is to visit a psychotherapist.
In addition to your fragile shoulders, emotional chaos also falls on the shoulders of your spouse. A husband should be understanding, loving, patient and simply obliged to come to your aid at any time. And help in the first place is attention, careful attitude, sympathy and, of course, the provision of a male strong strong shoulder, on which a woman can cry.
Do not forget to thank your husband for the support provided, because this is not only for you a difficult time, but for a man. Such support requires the mobilization of all resources of men.
Already after the eleventh week your emotional state will gradually come back to normal. Women who have had toxicosis, the condition will also significantly improve.
Pregnancy calendar 11 weeks: useful advice
- Be sure to visit the dentist, firstly, because a small problem very quickly can grow into a big one and harm not only you, but also your child. Secondly, under the influence of hormones produced during pregnancy, the gums are more sensitive and can bleed. Regularly rinse the mouth and brush your teeth.
- Carefully follow all the recommendations for a healthy lifestyle. A very dangerous effect on the fetus is alcohol, nicotine, chemicals, because at the 9-11th week it may in some cases lead to brain malformations.
- Exercises for pregnant women should be started right now, they can improve your condition and support the body in a good shape and best prepare for childbirth and greatly facilitate postpartum recovery.
- You can already start stroking yourself on the stomach, calming down your baby and talking to him. The baby will feel positive emotions, thanks to changes in the hormonal composition of your blood, which is why the peace of the future mother is the guarantee of the child's excellent health.
The appearance of a blue network of subcutaneous wreath on the chest is a sign that the stenocysts of the blood vessels are located to expand. Therefore, in this case, at a later date, be attentive to the selection of bras that will provide good support for the breast. - Another problem is constipation, which can lead to complications, such as hemorrhoids. You can fight with home remedies, for example, in the morning before eating on an empty stomach, drink a glass of warm water in which a spoonful of honey is dissolved. And then, for the best effect, ten to fifteen minutes lie on your right side and put under it a warm little buckwheat.
- And, of course, every pregnant woman should visit a gynecologist once a month and do not forget about other specialists. Now is the time to take care of your health.
- During this period, the baby is strengthened skeleton, so future mothers should eat foods that contain a lot of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus. It is also necessary to take care of the intake of iodine in the body, because it begins to accumulate in the thyroid gland of the baby.