The Need To Know When You Are 1 Month Pregnant

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In case you are thinking about having a baby, you might have numerous questions that need to be answered, and usually these refer to the first month of pregnancy.

The first part experiencing the 1 month pregnancy

When you are only 1 week pregnant it is quite difficult to talk about the baby. The doctors calculate your due date according to the time when you had your last cycle, and the truth is that most probably the little one hasn’t been conceived yet at that moment.

Those women who would like to get pregnant you should know that in the middle of each cycle an egg is released that can be fertilized within 12-24 hours after it has been released. This is why you shouldn’t feel disappointed if you don’t manage to get pregnant the first time you try. There is only about 20% of success.

If you get to being 2 weeks pregnant you should make sure to take some supplements, such as folic acid that will help the development of the baby, offering him everything that he will need in order to be healthy.

The second part of 1 month pregnancy

When being 3 weeks pregnant, the baby doesn’t really ...
... look like a baby, being about the size of the head of a pin, but you can be sure that the little one will grow faster than you think, soon reaching sizes that will let you call him a real baby.

In this period the mother won’t really see any changes. Nonetheless in this period you can use the pregnancy tests based on urine or blood, but to ensure the accuracy of the results you should read the instructions first.

The women who are 4 weeks pregnant can be sure that the baby is growing quite fast inside the uterus and that he is being nourished. The most important change regarding the mother is that this could be the first time when you miss your period. Nonetheless you may see some light spotting because the embryo is implanted in the uterus. You can’t expect to see any other differences in this period.

One very important thing now is to make sure that you have a healthy nutrition, and that you are consuming foods belonging to the food groups that have been indicated by your nutritionist.

Although you might be eating enough, the food intake may decrease because of the appearance of the morning sickness.

Author Bio:

Stephanie writes on health, pregnancy and parenting. Visit ThePregnancyZone.com for more information on pregnancy week by week and everything you want to know about getting pregnant, pregnancy week 2, pregnancy week 3, week 4 pregnancy and childbirth.