Pregnancy And Baby Care Articles Pregnancy Week By Week

...nausea, frequent urination, headache, back pain, extreme fatigue, heartburn, tender breasts that might be swollen, morning sickness wherein you may have an upset stomach and may even end up vomiting, a lot of mood swings due to changes in hormones, constipation and so on. You might also crave to eat certain food and at the same time develop a great dislike to certain kinds of food or smell. Every woman is different and thus, these symptoms differ from woman to woman. Some women may not have any of these symptoms which is perfectly normal and nothing to worry about.  

These symptoms, however, lower down by the end of the first trimester so that is a relief. You will have to gradually bring about a change in your routine like going to sleep early, eating on time and eating smaller and frequent meals. The organs of your baby are growing at a very fast rate at week 5 where the heart, brain, spinal cord, muscles and bones have begun to form and also the skeleton begins to form. This week is said to be very important for the development of the heart of your baby as the heart starts separating into other changers and can start to pump blood in the 5th of week of pregnancy itself though this normally happens much later. There is a possibility that the egg that has been fertilized begins to develop outside the uterus in the fallopian tubes rather than inside the uterus and this is known as ectopic pregnancy. This is a serious complication and can have life threatening consequences if left undetected. However, this complication is very rare so not a major problem. You need to take extra care of yourself for the first few weeks of pregnancy as the growth and development of the baby happens in these stages.

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