Pregnancy Calendar

Pregnancy is an amazing experience. It is special for every woman. All want to enjoy this particular phase of life to the fullest. Your opening of this web page indicates that you are no exception. A thing worth mentioning here is that you can enjoy each and every moment of this period well if you know what is happening with you and your baby at a particular point of time and how to deal with all the gynecological problems that you might face. To get the knowledge, you can have a pregnancy calendar to refer to. The pregnancy is mostly divided into three trimesters. An attempt has been made in this article to tell you what happens in the first, second and third trimester.

Pregnancy Calendar: First Trimester

The first thirteen weeks is considered to be the first trimester of pregnancy. You notice many changes in your body during this period. The one which suddenly draws your attention is that you no more have period. You experience a pause in your menstrual cycle. You are expected to menstruate at least after two months of childbirth. This break may get extended by a certain period of time if you breast feed your baby. Apart from temporary cessation of menstruation, you would notice several other pregnancy symptoms during the first trimester. All the changes indicate that your body is preparing itself for progressive stages of pregnancy development.

Your breast would start to grow. You would experience frequent and strong urge to urinate. You would feel nauseous and dizzy, particularly in the morning. It is called morning sickness. It occurs due to sudden changes in the level of the female reproductive hormones, estrogen and progesterone. You would feel strong and sudden craving or aversions for certain foods. You might suffer from some uncomfortable health issues such as heartburn and constipation. In this trimester, your baby's heart and lung develop. The heart starts beating as well. Your baby's ears, eyes, arms, legs, toes and fingers also form. Your baby develops genitals and starts to grow body hair during the first trimester of pregnancy. At the end of the first trimester of pregnancy, your baby is expected to be two and a half inches in length and almost three ounces in weight.

Pregnancy Calendar: Second Trimester

The time period between the fourteenth and twenty eighth week of pregnancy is known as the second trimester. Numerous physical changes in you as well as in your baby takes place in the second trimester. This particular trimester marks the middle of your pregnancy. You would notice that your tummy has started to expand. You would notice an increase in your normal appetite. In this trimester, you would be able to feel your baby's kick and movements. This is expected mostly after the sixteenth week of pregnancy. You may start to develop dark patches on your facial skin. The skin around the nipples would turn dark brown. From this trimester onwards, your baby would grow quickly. The organs of your baby would develop further and would start working as well. The eyelashes, eyebrows and fingernails would also start to form. During this period of maternity, your baby would be able to pass urine, swallow, hear and develop fingers. By the end of this twenty eighth week, your uterus would be near your rib cage. At this particular time, your baby would be 14 inches long and 2-3 pounds heavy.

Pregnancy Calendar: Third Trimester

The period between twenty ninth and fortieth week is considered to be the third trimester. In this period, you would have to pass urine a lot more than normal. There is a reason behind it. Now, the size of your uterus is quite big and is putting pressure on your bladder. You would notice numerous uncomfortable late signs of pregnancy, your breast would start leaking any time during this trimester. You might find your navel to stick out. You are expected to have contractions quite frequently. Your cervix would start to thin out. You would start to dilate. You would feel kicking and stretching of your baby more frequently and with greater intensity during the third trimester. All the major developments of your baby have finished. Your baby would start to gain weight at a fast rate. Your baby would turn into a head down position in order to prepare for childbirth. At the end of the third trimester, your baby would weigh about 5-9 pounds. The length of your baby is expected to be between 18 and 22 inches.

You may ask your doctor for a pregnancy calendar week by week or for even a due date. A day by day pregnancy calendar would help you a lot in having a safe and carefree pregnancy. Hope, you make the best use of it. Here's wishing you a happy motherhood.