The kid, who celebrated the 10-week anniversary, has already formed sufficiently. The very fact that most systems and organs work and perform their functions is a direct proof of this. Now it's up to the little one to improve the formed one. Probably, it is difficult to imagine, but at the gestation period of 12 weeks the baby's skin can be updated in the same way as all of us - the old epidermal cells exfoliate and are replaced with new ones.
Pregnancy calendar: changes in the baby at week 12 .
The fluff of the hair grows in places where I will then have eyebrows and eyelashes, and over the upper lip and chin. On nicely separated fingers of hands and feet, marigolds slowly appear, and on the pillows - a unique pattern, which later becomes a "fingerprint".
So, as we have already noted, the formed systems and bodies develop further. Hormones and iodine are produced by the thyroid gland and pituitary gland, bile is produced by the liver. There is a periodic contraction of the intestine, which is now where it belongs. To the erythrocytes in the blood are added leukocytes, muscles are strengthened, the kidneys function, maturation of bone tissue continues and the development of the nervous system.
The length of the baby is about 6-9 cm (length now - the figure is more important than the weight), it weighs about 14 g and is quite similar to the person. He moves his limbs, swallows, sucks his finger, turns over, but these movements are not yet palpable for my mother. And, oh joy, you can listen to how his or her heart beats ... For this, a special device is used - a doppler.
Pregnancy calendar: 12 weeks - changes in mother .
While before the pregnancy the uterus was located in the pelvic region, weighed 70 g and contained no more than 10 ml, but now it grows, and in 12 weeks of pregnancy it can contain amniotic fluid in a volume of 50 ml. Moreover, the uterus, increasing in size due to the fact that the fetus grows, there is not enough space in the pelvis and it occupies the abdominal cavity. Visually, it becomes noticeable, ie, there appears a tummy. And after giving birth, the womb generally holds from 5 to 10 liters and weighs about 1 kg!
Approximately at this time, your weight begins to increase, the increase is about half a kilogram every week. For the previous period, weight gain should be about 1.8-3.6 kg.
Because of the toxicosis that accompanies pregnancy at the initial stage, some lose weight. On the 12th week things should go better, thanks to the fact that the yellow body will give way to the placenta. True, this does not apply to all, in particular, does not apply to cases of multiple pregnancies.
Think about a healthy balanced diet for you and your baby. You can not always eat what you want, because it can hurt. Eat foods that contain calcium and iodine, eat vegetables, drink compotes from dried fruits, make sure that there are no constipation from food.
You may become less likely to go to the toilet, but this does not mean that the body slowed down the work of some organs, quite the contrary, they function in an enhanced mode to provide everyone with the necessary two. Palpitation may become more frequent because the heart should be able to overtake large volumes of blood.
Such manifestations as pigmented spots, red stars or vascular networks are normal, after birth they usually pass.
Think about the good, tune in to the positive and in this mood go to the second semester of pregnancy.