Many women only discover they have become pregnant by about week eight. In fact you may just have learned about your pregnancy.
If this is the case, you might want to go back and read what has happened during the previous seven weeks to learn more about what's changes have occured to your body in the last two months.
If you are new to BabyPartner, be sure to look over the entire site. Our searchable Common Questions will help you learn more about issues that concern you. And our detailed Pregnancy Guides will provide you information about all aspects of your pregnancy and your changing lifestyle.
Whatever you decide to do, get ready for an exciting journey that will result in the birth of a new baby in seven short months.
Your baby is continuing to grow with dramatic changes. The face is rapidly taking on recognizable features. Your baby is developing eyelids and nose and ears are just about visible.
The body is growing long and 'uncurling'. Limbs extend from the body. The arms are growing longer and the fingers and toes are barely visible, notched at the end of the hands and feet.
Inside its body too, your baby is making rapid changes. The heart has developed aortic and pulmonary valves. The windpipes which connect the mouth, nose and throat with the lungs are have formed. When your baby is born it will be able to breathe.
The hormonesA complex chemical substance created in a part or organ of the body. When released it initiates or regulates activity in an organ or group of cells in another part of the body.
Hormones secreted by endocrine glands are transported through the bloodstream to their target organ. The amount of hormone secreted is regulated either by other hormones, by neurotransmitters, or simply when an excess of the organ's activity indicates a need to reduce the amount of the hormone produced.
Other hormones are produced locally by the organs themselves and are common in the digestive tract.
Visit our comprehensive glossary for more pregnancy terms and definitions. your body is producing stop the follicles in your ovaries from maturing. Your uterus has started growing and the endometriumThe mucus membrane lining of the uterus which changes in thickness and structure during the menstrual cycle. It consists of three parts; the stratum compactum, the stratum spongiosum and the stratum basale. The first two parts combine to form the pars funtionalis, which is shed during menstruation. During pregnancy, the pars functionalis is termed the decidua, and underlies the placenta.
Visit our comprehensive glossary for more pregnancy terms and definitions. has thickened. Although you and your friends may still be unaware of your growing uterus, your doctor will be able to feel the enlargement while performing a pelvic exam.
Your body's taste for certain foods may change. With this phenomenon, called picaMost common in pregnancy, pica describes a desire to eat substances that are not food such as dirt, clay, chalk, starch or hair.
Visit our comprehensive glossary for more pregnancy terms and definitions., you may suddenly find that you no longer enjoy foods you previously relished. You may also have lost your desire for alcohol and tobacco, and this is no bad thing because, as you will read in BabyPartner's guide to drugs and medications, both substances are harmful to developing babies.
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