Nutrients every newborn needs. Just like other babies, your baby also goes through many periods of growth and changes in the first year of life. In fact, they are developing at such a fast pace, that they require more nutrients as compared with a full…
10 Weeks Pregnant – Development and Issues The risks of any congenital defects drop dramatically once you reach the 10th week of your pregnancy as the most vital stage of fetal development is over. Although it does not mean that you and the baby are…
You have reached the ninth week of your pregnancy, and now the embryo can officially be referred to as the fetus (Latin for ‘offspring’). 9 Weeks Pregnant : Baby development during this Period Sensory organ development The eyes already have some pigmentation, making them more…
12 Weeks Pregnant – Baby Development and Issues faced by the Pregnant Mother You are almost at the end of the third month of your pregnancy, and the risk of miscarriage has decreased dramatically. Read all about your baby’s development, your body changes as well…
11 Weeks Pregnant – All you need to know. When you are 11 week pregnant all the major organs of the fetus are in place, your baby is now set to gain weight and grow in size. This is the right time to spread the…
Pregnancy Week 8 – What changes in the fetus and mother occur during this week? By entering the eighth week, you are now into the second month of your pregnancy, you are still in the first trimester but in 32 more weeks, you will be…
Pregnancy Week 7 – What development in the baby and mother happens during this week? With entering the 7th week of pregnancy, your baby is around 10,000 times the size as compared to the time of conception (hard to believe). As far as brain development is…
Pregnancy Week 6 – What development in the baby and mother happens during this week? You have now entered the sixth week of pregnancy, by now the fetus’s heartbeat can be felt through an ultrasound, though it is still very small, around 5 mm to…
Pregnancy – What development in the baby and mother happens during Weeks 4? As the implantation has taken place during week 3, in the fourth week of pregnancy the blastocyst will get divided into different layers of cells, these cells will now convert into the…
Pregnancy Week 5 – What development in the baby and mother happens during this week? By reaching the fifth week of pregnancy, most women would have noticed that they have missed their regular periods, and the thought about getting pregnant will enter their mind. For…
Pregnancy – What happens during Weeks 3? Now you have entered into the third week of the pregnancy stage, it is during this week when conception takes place, and you are medically considered to be pregnant. Most women might still not feel any apparent symptoms,…
Start of Pregnancy – What happens during Weeks 1 and 2 In case of a planned pregnancy, all women should consult with a doctor and get a pre-conception test to avoid any complications at a later stage. Apart from this, while trying to get pregnant…
