STAGES OF PREGNANCY

SIZE

• Month 1: 0.63 inches
• Month 2: 2.13 inches
• Month 3: 4.57 inches
• Month 4: 10.51 inches
• Month 5: 13.62 inches
• Month 6: 15.2 inches
• Month 7: 17.2 inches
• Month 8: 19.61 inches
• Month 9: 20.16 inches

TRIMESTERS

• Trimester 1: Conception- 12th week
• Trimester 2: 13th-27th week
• Trimester 3: 28th week- birth

CHANGES: MOM

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• Trimester1: Extreme fatigue, tender, swollen breasts, cravings, morning sickness
• Trimester 2: Back, abdomen, groin, or thigh aches and pains, ankle, feet and face swelling, Carpal tunnel (hand numbing or tingling) syndrome
• Trimester 3: Hemorrhoids, Tender breasts, which may leak a watery pre-milk called colostrum,

CHANGES: BABY

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• Month 1: brain and spinal cord has begun to form, major organs begun to form, heart begins to beat, umbilical cord is visible, arms and legs begin to develop
• Month 2: Baby can make a fist, external sex organs show if your baby is a boy or girl, eyelids close to protect the developing eyes, they will not open again until week 28.

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• Month 3: Skin begins to form and is nearly translucent, intestinal tract develops, baby can suck its thumb
• Month 4: able to find out sex, baby can open eyes, lungs are still developing

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• Month 5: Baby can now kick, baby is covered by fine, feathery hair called lanugo and a waxy protective coating called vernix, eyebrows, eyelashes, fingernails, and toenails have formed, baby can hear and swallow.
• Month 6: baby's fingers and toes are visible, baby may respond to sounds by moving or increasing pulse

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• Month 7: baby can fully hear, responds to sound, light and pain
• Month 8: Lanugo falls off, lungs are fully developed, starts to move head down, tremendous brain growth occurs

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• Month 9: baby drops down into pelvis, head faces down to birth canal